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Rebecca Roanhorse is a NYTimes bestselling and Nebula, Hugo and Locus Award-winning speculative fiction writer and the recipient of the 2018 Astounding (Campbell) Award for Best New Writer.
Her novel Trail of Lightning (Book 1 in the Sixth World Series) won the Locus Award for Best First Novel and was a Nebula, Hugo and World Fantasy Finalist. It was also selected as an Amazon, B&N, Library Journal, and NPR Best Books of 2018, among others. Storm of Locusts (Book 2 in the Sixth World Series) was a Locus Award Finalist and was longlisted for the Hugo Award. It also received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and Booklist, and was named an Amazon, Powell’s, and Audible Best of 2019. Her novel, Resistance Reborn, is part of Star Wars: Journey to The Rise of Skywalker and a USA Today and NYTimes bestseller. Her middle grade novel Race to the Sun for the Rick Riordan Present’s imprint was a NYTimes Bestseller and received a starred review from Kirkus. Her next novel, Black Sun, has received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publisher’s Weekly, and Library Journal and comes out on Oct 13, 2020.
She lives in Northern New Mexico with her husband, daughter, and pup. She drinks a lot of black coffee. Find more at https://rebeccaroanhorse.com/ and on Twitter at @RoanhorseBex.
Find her Fiction & Non-Fiction HERE.
BOOK AGENT: Represented by Sara Megibow at KT Literary.
Dear Ms. Roanhorse:
I teach a science fiction class (at the high school level) and I would love to use your short story “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience TM” as part of my curriculum next year.
May I have your permission to use it?
Also, since it is your intellectual property, I’d like to pay you for its use, whatever you feel is reasonable (I can mail you a check; I don’t do Paypal because of its founder Peter Thiel’s cozy relationship to Drumpf).
Please let me know.
Also, if you give me your permission to use your story in my class, if you’d be interested in seeing the discussion questions that I intend to generate about the story to lead a class discussion, I’d be happy to email those to you.
Thank you.
–Brandon Juhl
Mr. Juhl,
I am honored you want to use the story in your curriculum. Pls do. No need to pay me. I hope your students enjoy it!
Thank you so much!
Just read Trail of Lightning in one sitting…most enjoyable. Anticipating next installment.
Gratefully. Tobias
Dear Ms. Roanhorse –
I consumed Trail of Lightning. When I finally returned to my senses, I recommended it by email, tweet, text, and conversation to everyone I encountered for the past month. I’ve read the “Authentic Experience ” and also preordered Storm of Locusts. Unfortunately, I found I can’t yet preorder Between Earth and Sky.
As I’ve told Darynda Jones, if you keep writing, I’ll keep reading. You’re an amazing creator. Thank you so much for sharing your gifts with us.
-Pat
Trail of Lightning was a real treat, and I certainly enjoyed your writing. I’ve been reading science fiction and fantasy for the best part of seventy years, and I’ve rarely come across a story I’ve enjoyed as much as yours. Thank you!
Thanks, Mike!
I just finished Storm of Locusts: congratulations on another excellent book! It was great fun to find out more about your world and its characters, and I have to say the pacing was particularly well done, and kept me up reading late at night. And should we ever meet, we’ll have to talk about slide-action, double-barrel shotguns: esoteric weapons indeed, although admitted a “guy thing”.
Dear Ms. Roanhorse:
Thank you for this wonderful book. You, Saladin Ahmed, Nnedi Okorafor, Ken Liu and Tomi Adeyemi are making it a very good time to be a fantasy reader. I can’t wait for the next book!
Terry Holland
Dear Ms. Roanhorse,
Thank you for this truly brilliant book (Trail of Lightning). I spent the best part of my childhood on Dine land from 1956 – 1962 in Tuba City and Page. While I live now in Canada, on Vancouver Island, I love to visit the red rock country of Northern Arizona and Northern New Mexico. This wonderful book made me feel that magical land in my heart again. I can hardly wait to read your short stories and your next novel in April.
Ms. Roanhorse, I am so excited to have found another heroine and well formed crew worth following! I will read whatever you write; count on it. Thank you for the ride.
Ms. Roanhorse, I wish to say congratulations on your new series The Sixth World. Having recently found out that I have a native american ancestor, I am so proud of your accomplishment. Will be looking forward to the next installment of The Sixth World.
Oh my gosh, I just finished listening to Trail of Lightning and Storm of Locusts – back to back. What amazing books – I loved both! I’m hoping you will continue to add to this series! Thanks so much!
Thank you for reading and so glad you liked them. I expect to have two more books in the series.
Your writing is amazing, and I can’t wait for the next books in The Sixth World! I’ve been wondering how many there would be (I saw in another comment 2) and when they’d be out! I’ll definitely be buying your middle grade book for my students to read.
Listened to you last night in Vail. Great personal story! Bought Trail of Lightning at the end of the talk. Just finished!! What a great read. Thanks for letting me get lost in your world. Cheers. Hod
I’ve just listened to the Resistance Reborn audiobook. Thank you. It’s clear that you know and love the canon, and you made me weep on several occasions, mostly over Ransolm and Wedge, and of course, over Leia. I’d not heard of you before this novel, but I’ll be checking out your other work now. May the Force be with you.
Just finished Resistance Reborn and it’s honestly one of the better Star Wars novels that exists.”My father is Darth Vader,does anyone question my loyalty to the resistance?”…. Goosebumps
For a group of characters that overall doesn’t rank high in the pantheon of Star Wars lore to me(with exceptions) you wrote a very enjoyable and interesting book.Looking for another installment from you in the Galaxy far,far away
Keep up the good work
-Dustin
I am so glad to hear you are continuing after Trail of Lightning and Storm of Locusts! I used to live in New Mexico and greatly enjoyed reading them. The two books are unique and so is your style, plus what a great heroine! This series grabbed my attention from the start and the action just speeded along, never letting go. You don’t disappoint. Thank you!
I’ve really enjoyed your 6th world books. I recently got to sit down and listen to some stories of Raven with a Tlingit Elder up here in Alaska. It reminded me so much of Coyote. I’m looking forward to reading more of your work.
Just finished Storm of Locusts. I am so impressed, at so many levels, with the quality of your work. Setting, characters, narrative. The complete package. As a native New Mexican who has been away from the Land of Enchantment for decades, I’m teary with nostalgia at the same time as I’m exhilarated by Maggie’s story. Can’t wait to read the next one. I will be sending copies of your books around for Keshmish, for sure.
Dear Rebecca,
I loved Race to the Sun. This absolutely wonderful book is clever, humorous, and heartwarming.
My name is Shendel Haimes aka Mrsreadforfun and I have a YouTube channel that promotes literacy. I do one minute cliffhanger reviews of children’s books, and my most recent video is of your book Race to the Sun.
To view my video review of your book, click here: https://youtu.be/w-d1cl1yeWs
Erin Entrada Kelly, Rashad Jennings, and Sheri Winston are among some of the authors that have been supporting my YouTube channel by posting my review of their books on their social media sites.
I would appreciate your sharing my review of your book on your social media platforms, like retweeting my review on twitter, and subscribing to my YouTube channel. Thank you in advance for your support. I look forward to your next book.
All the best,
Shendel Haimes
aka Mrsreadforfun
Hi. Just read Resistance Reborn. I really enjoyed it. I hope you get the opportunity to write more Star Wars. I look forward to reading more of your work. Thanks
I just read Trail of Lightning and Loved It! I’m very excited to read the next book, and hope the series continues beyond 4 books. Thank you!!!!!!!!!
I want to thank you for writing a book about Native American mythology. Being a native New Mexican and having an avid interest in mythology it was extremely exciting for me to your book. Thanks again.
I found out about Trail of Lightning two years ago and I loved everything about it and the sequel. I’m a huge fantasy and scifi fan but I have never read anything quite like it before! I’m highly anticipating book 3 in the series!
I work in a bookstore in Germany and I was thrilled to see Trail of Lightning has been translated to German last year. As soon as I saw it hit the shelves I wrote a recommendation, and I hope German readers love it as much as English ones do!
Thank you for this wonderful world and story!
Rebecca, I just finished reading our store’s Advance Reader’s Copy of “Black Sun” and will be putting it on our front display with an essay as to its brilliance upon release. I would have loved the book for its clever writing, endearing characters, and engaging story set in any world but to see the indigenous peoples of Turtle Island, even if not my nation, portrayed in such a multifaceted manner brings the novel from great to revolutionary. As a non-binary, bisexual, Wendat (Huron), the representation felt amazing. I loved every aspect of the Meridian continent and can’t wait to force everyone I know to read “Black Sun”. You do a great service to the fantasy genre, your people, and all of us who have been portrayed as savages for far too long. Thank you, you beautiful wonderful human.
Oh, thank you so much!! This means so much to me and your comment absolutely made my day. ❤