Daniel José Older is the author of the Young Adult novel Shadowshaper (Arthur A. Levine Books, 2015) and the Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy series, which began in January 2015 with Half-Resurrection Blues from Penguin’s Roc imprint. Publishers Weekly hailed him as a “rising star of the genre” after the publication of his debut ghost noir collection, Salsa Nocturna. He co-edited the anthology Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History and guest edited the music issue of Crossed Genres. His short stories and essays have appeared in Tor.com, Salon, BuzzFeed, the New Haven Review, PANK, Apex and Strange Horizons and the anthologies Subversion and Mothership: Tales Of Afrofuturism And Beyond. Daniel’s band Ghost Star gigs regularly around New York and he facilitates workshops on storytelling from an anti-oppressive power analysis. You can find his thoughts on writing, read dispatches from his decade-long career as an NYC paramedic and hear his music at ghoststar.net/ and @djolder on twitter.
1. What book are you currently reading?
1. What book are you currently reading?
Broken Monsters
2. What upcoming book you are really excited about?
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps
3. Is there a book you're currently itching to re-read?
Midnight Robber
4. How about a book you've changed your mind about over time--either positively or negatively?
When I first started Interview with the Vampire
5. What's one book, which you read as a child or young adult, that has had a lasting influence on your writing?
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
6. And speaking of that, what's *your* latest book, and why is it awesome?
Shadowshaper