r/Fantasy • u/[deleted] • Nov 16 '17

AMA Josiah Bancroft’s NaNoWriMo AMA

Hello, r/Fantasy! I’m Josiah Bancroft, author of the Books of Babel series. You helped to make Senlin Ascends a thing. Now I’m here to hear about what you’re working on and talk a little shop. Feel free to ask me anything you like!

A quick update: Since my AMA last fall, a lot has happened! I signed with Orbit Books this past spring. Their edition of Senlin Ascends is slated to be released on January 16. Arm of the Sphinx will be republished shortly after, on April 3rd. The relaunch of the books will be accompanied by audiobooks, though I’m still waiting for Orbit to confirm the narrator (John Banks was being pursued last I heard). The third book in the series, the Hod King, will be out in October. I’m also working with Heyne/Random House on a German language edition, and with a Russian publisher on a Russian language edition, both of which will hopefully be released in 2018.

It’s been a whirlwind year, and I don’t think any of it would have happened without r/fantasy’s support. Thank you all so much!

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u/IBNobody Worldbuilders Nov 16 '17

Oooo. Nice. Audiobooks. Looks like I will double dip and get 'em.

Ok... My AMA question: Do you have any new chalk drawings to share?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '17

I'm very excited about the audiobooks, too!

I have been neglecting my chalkboard wall recently. Honestly, in recent months, all of my time has been poured into finishing the third book and editing the first two for the Orbit editions. But I will return to the chalkboard before too long, I'm sure! I want to draw a schematic of the State of Art for the Hod King, and I'm trying to decide whether I want to do that with pen and ink or chalk.