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Nora K. Jemisin Quotes

Nora K. Jemisin

I've been very happy with Orbit and am thrilled that they're giving me more chances to explore my creative visions.

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Readers seem to really like the fact that what I'm writing is not traditional fantasy.

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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.

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A fantasy novel set in something other than medieval Europe, featuring an almost entirely black cast, is considered risky.

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To some degree, as I move outside of the exclusive genre audience, the exclusive genre issues don't bother me as much. Maybe that's just speculation.

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I think most fiction focuses on uncomfortable settings because that's interesting.

Nora K. Jemisin

I write for myself – but it is nice when other people like it, too!

Nora K. Jemisin

In the 'Dreamblood' books, I'm focusing more on what I like about epic fantasy: the layering and depth of tension; the chance to really delve into the minutia of an alternate society and its politics; a large cast of characters to love and hate.

Nora K. Jemisin

My first series, the 'Inheritance' trilogy, in the first book, you were dealing with a woman of color from an impoverished culture, being brought up among wealthy, privileged white people and having to cope and perform in ways that she has not been raised to do, and that was obviously drawn from some personal experiences.

Nora K. Jemisin

It's hard out here for a fantasy writer, after all; there's all these 'rules' I'm supposed to follow, or the Fantasy Police might come and make me do hard labor in the Cold Iron Mines.

Nora K. Jemisin

I read a lot of history for fun.

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