.LacyMB chats with fantasy author what_eats_owls about her latest novel PaintedDevils, Vanja's emotional arc in the LittleThieves sequel, and what to expect from her trilogy's final chapter.
It’s possible that Margaret Owen is one of the most underrated authors in the world of YA fantasy today. Personally speaking, I’ve been obsessed with her books since her debutdropped in 2019, and her writing is consistently full of the best things about this genre: Complex, messy characters; unique influences from the world of folklore and mythology; propulsive, and unexpected stories grounded firmly in the emotional journies of the unconventional heroines at their centers.
With this installment, we dive deeper into Vanja’s backstory and why she is the way she is; we get into the reality of how hard it is to put your trust in someone new when time and time again, people you’ve trusted have abandoned you. I also wanted to surgically deconstruct the construct of virginity, and illustrate how it’s been weaponized against adolescents at large, but particularly queer youth, andPaste: Talk to me about where we find Vanja in this book.
Paste: The lore and world-building in this universe is so great — I’m obsessed with Brunne and the Hunt, and the real Red Maid of the River, and the Briar Hag, who all seem to have such interiority and stories of their own. Tell me about where the ideas for these women came from.So this time, we’re in a region loosely drawn from an area in central Germany called the Harz, home of the Brocken mountain, which is part of the lore around Walpurgisnacht, a May Day festival.
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