![]() ![]() I must admit, I was in for a ride, I just didn't quite expect. I'm a big fan of fantasy and sci-fi, so picking up the first book in The Chronicles of Alsea was an easy choice. ![]() I realized I was coming up on my 300th book read of 2016 and my 255th review on Goodreads, so I wanted to read a book universally loved, that I had been eyeing for a long time. Her day is made every time another reader says, “I didn’t think I liked science fiction, but then I read yours.” Among them, the Alsea books have won an Independent Publisher's Award (2017 bronze medal), a Golden Crown Literary Society Award, a Rainbow Award, and been shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award.įletcher believes that women need far more representation in science fiction and fantasy, and takes great pleasure in writing complex stories with strong, believable women heading up the action. She is best known for her science fiction/fantasy series, Chronicles of Alsea, now comprised of four novels and a novella. Now she lives with her wife and son in the beautiful sunny Algarve, where she writes full-time, teaches Pilates, tries to learn the local birds and plants, and samples every regional Portuguese dish she can get her hands on. She is an Oregon expatriate who left her beloved state when she met a Portuguese woman and had to choose between home and heart. These days she combines them while writing science fiction. Fletcher DeLancey spent her early career as a science educator, which was the perfect combination of her two great loves: language and science. ![]()
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