Travis interviews science fiction and fantasy author Kate Elliott about her latest book, Unconquerable Sun. The book kicks off the space opera series The Sun Chronicles from Tor Books, and is pitched as gender swapped Alexander the Great in space.

Kate and Travis discuss the Hawaiian Islands method of writing, how to approach the world-building of new cultures, and the history of Alexander the Great.

Kate Elliott has been writing science fiction and fantasy for 30 years, with 27 books in print. Her most recent novel is Unconquerable Sun, gender-swapped Alexander the Great in space. She is best known for her Crown of Stars epic fantasy series, the Afro-Celtic post-Roman alt-history fantasy (with lawyer dinosaurs) Cold Magic, and YA fantasy Court of Fives. Her particular focus is immersive world-building & centering women in epic stories of adventure & transformative cultural change. She lives in Hawaii, where she paddles outrigger canoes & spoils her schnauzer.

You can find her online at her official website, her blog, and as @KateElliottSFF on Twitter.

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Music:

• Intro: “The Legend of Iya” courtesy of https://philter.no
• Outro: “A Quest Unfolds” courtesy of https://philter.no

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