Recorded live at The Lost Church in San Francisco, June 8, 2025 ABOUT THE AUTHORS GAIL CARRIGER writes books that are hugs, mostly comedies of manners mixed with steampunk, urban fantasy, and sci-fi (plus cozy queer joy as G. L. Carriger). These include the Parasol Protectorate, Custard Protocol, Tinkered Stars, and San Andreas Shifter series for adults, and the Finishing School and Tinkered Starsong series for young adults, as well as the nonfiction, The Heroine’s Journey. She is published in many languages, has over a million books in print, over a dozen New York Times and USA Today bestsellers, and has garnered starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus, and Romantic Times. Her first book, Soulless, made Audible’s Best list, was a Publishers Weekly Best Book, an IndieBound Notable, and a Locus Recommended Read. She has received the American Library Association’s Alex Award, the Prix Julia Verlanger, the Elbakin Award, the Steampunk Chronicle‘s Reader’s Choice Award, and a Starburner Award. She was once an archaeologist and is fond of shoes, cephalopods, and tea. Get early access, specials, and exclusives via her website at www.gailcarriger.com EVAN LEIKAM grew up among the forests of central Oregon reading fantasy and science fiction from a young age. While touring the United States and Europe with an independent rock band, he began tinkering with his own stories to pass time in vans and music venues. Apart from writing he enjoys cooking, producing music, riding his bike, and From Software games. He is the host of the Book Reviews Kill podcast, and his social media pages have turned thousands on to new books. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon. His debut novel is Anjuli Kills a King, just out from MacMillan. The tale of an unlikely assassin: Anjuli, who works as a castle servant, cleaning laundry for a king she hates. She seizes the unlikely chance that comes her way to cut his throat. Running for her life, with a kingdom thrown into disarray, her struggle to will grab your imagination and not let go til the last page! Perrfect for fans of Joe Abercrombie, R.F. Kuang, and Christopher Buehlman! You can catch up on Evan’s book reviews at his Youtube channel, here KHAN WONG‘s debut space fantasy, the critically acclaimed The Circus Infinite, was published by Angry Robot Books in 2022. It was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards Speculative Fiction category and long-listed for the British Science Fiction Association’s Best Novel. His most recent novel, Down in the Sea of Angels, was published by Angry Robot Books in April, 2025, and is described as “An intense and thoughtful time-hopping dystopian fantasy, in which three individuals, psychically linked through time, fight enslavement, exploitation and environmental collapse. A great read for fans of Emily St. John Mandel.” In the past, he has published poetry, played cello in an earnest folk-rock duo, and been an internationally known hula hoop teacher and performer. He’s toured with a circus and produced circus arts shows in San Francisco, where he also worked as a grant-maker with a public sector arts funding agency.