After reading Jeff VanderMeer’s post praising the work of women in fantastic literature, I thought that it might be nice to interview as many of these significant authors as possible for their take on writing, their own work and sexism in their chosen field. The following is part one of an ongoing series. Please note that each author received the same set of questions.
Interview with Kelley Eskridge
Would you mind introducing yourself?
I’m Kelley. I write fiction, screenplays and essays. My novel Solitaire was a New York Times Notable Book, a Borders Books Original Voices selection, a finalist for the Nebula, Endeavour and Spectrum awards, and is currently being adapted for film. My short fiction collection Dangerous Space is out from Aqueduct Press. The stories in DS include an Astraea award winner, a Nebula award finalist, Tiptree Honor stories and a story adapted for television. I live in Seattle with my partner, novelist Nicola Griffith ( http://www.nicolagriffith.com).
When did you first consider yourself a serious writer?
I knew I was serious about writing when I was still in single digits. I wrote poems, and one day I wrote something that made me feel… bigger inside. I just kept wanting to feel that way.
I started believing I was a serious writer when I went to the Clarion workshop in 1988 and realized that my work could make other people feel that way too.
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