![]() Some people have been describing it as grimdark, which I suppose makes sense given the level of violence in the latter half of the book. ![]() ![]() The Poppy War has been described as a fantasy novel, but is there a subgenre of fantasy, or a combination of them, that you think describes the book better? Only later after I’d delved into the historical literature did I realize that Sinegard is by far the least interesting part of this story. When I first started plotting it, I thought the whole thing would take place at Sinegard. The very first lines I wrote relating to The Poppy War were “Isle of Speer.” Speer came first, and the rest followed. Where did you get the idea for The Poppy War, and how different is the finished novel from that original idea? Though in the following email interview, she discusses how this novel wasn’t just inspired by her college courses, but how she relaxed in between them as well. Kuang has just graduated college and already released her first novel, an epic fantasy tale called The Poppy War ( hardcover, Kindle). ![]() ![]() When I graduated college, I had no idea what I was going to do with my summer, let alone with my life. ![]()
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