Sometimes a Jo Walton book can be summed up with a high-concept line: “What if all of Anthony Trollope’s protagonists were dragons?” (“Tooth and Claw,” 2003); or “What if Athene and Apollo gathered ...

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The artificially constructed Republic, populated with people whom the goddess Athene stole from their native time lines, has splintered into warring factions after the events of The Just City. Apollo, ...

World Fantasy Award–winner Walton (Tooth and Claw) turns the magical boarding school story inside out in this compelling coming-of-age tale. Welsh teen Morwenna was badly hurt, and her twin sister ...

Jo Walton's novels twist familiar genre scenarios to reveal fascinating new characters and ideas. Among Others uses fantasy elements and the real-world history of science fiction to create a unique ...

In Ask A Prophet, we probe the brains of sci-fi, fantasy, and speculative fiction writers. This week, we spoke to Jo Walton about her world-building, why the concept of patronage is still going strong ...

Among Others, about a girl from a magical family sent to an ordinary school, picks up a second prestigious award Welsh-born novelist Jo Walton has added to her trophy cabinet by scooping the ...

Legendary author Ursula Le Guin published a roundup of new or recent fantasy books she’s read over at Bookview Cafe, and her thoughts on Jo Walton’s Nebula-winning novel Among Others are especially ...

Are there enough books about people stuck living lives over and over to call it a genre yet? Iterative literature? The list, so far, includes Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life, Ken Grimwood’s Replay, ...

Tooth and Claw author Jo Walton would love the chance to change history. Her Small Change trilogy follows England through the lens of an alternate history — one where Winston Churchill was overthrown, ...