A.C. Wise is the author of the novels Wendy, Darling and Hooked, along with the recent short story collection The Ghost Sequences. Her work has won the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, and has been a finalist for the Nebula Awards, Stoker, World Fantasy, Locus, British Fantasy, Aurora, Lambda, and Ignyte Awards. In addition to her fiction, she contributes a review column to Apex Magazine.
Today, we find out about her six books.
1. What book are you currently reading?
I recently started reading The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo. I’m not that far into it yet, but I’m very much enjoying it thus far. It’s an atmospheric Gothic that looks to be playing with some of the tropes of the genre. There’s a desolate and run-down mansion, and the idea of the family curse, but there are several characters who could fulfil the role of the outsider coming into the situation. Sophie isn’t a member of the family; she was adopted as a child, leaving her feeling in an in-between state of both being from the Philippines and not from the Philippines; her boyfriend spent time at the estate as a child, but didn’t exactly grow up there; and other members of the family are estranged, semi-estranged, or don’t fit in. Thus far, everyone is also very up front about the idea of the curse, which makes me think there are other buried secrets yet to be revealed. I’m looking forward to seeing how the dynamics and expectations of the genre play out over the course of the book.
2. What upcoming book are you really excited about?
3. Is there a book you’re currently itching to reread?
4. How about a book you’ve changed your mind about—either positively or negatively?
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5. What’s one book, which you read as a child or a young adult, that holds a special place in your heart?
6. And speaking of that, what’s your latest book, and why is it awesome?
Thank you!
