Dinara Tengri

I have read the first two books in the Scythe Wielder's Secret  series, and I enjoyed them immensely. I also had a few questions for the author, Christopher Mannino, about the series and about his writing. And Christopher graciously agreed to answer all of my questions. Take it away, Christopher! *** 1. Tell us more about yourself!   I am all about creativity. I write every day, and my wife ( www.RachelMannino.com ) is also an author. I teach high school theatre. I sing all the time. I love to travel and wish I could do so more often. I'm a nerd, and enjoy sci-fi, fantasy, and anime. The Scythe Wielder's Secret is my first published series. 2. Let's talk about The Scythe Wielder's Secret . You created a magical world where teenagers train to be the next grim reapers. How did you come up with such a mind-boggling concept? In 2011, wile finishing my graduate degree at Oxford, I became stranded at Tintagel, a castle ruin o...

Earlier this month, I reviewed a book of scary stories on the Internet, called Creepypasta: Spökhistorier från Internet . I thought it was a great book, and I didn't hesitate to contact the author, Jack Werner, and ask him a few questions about the book. So without further ado, here's Jack Werner, award-winning journalist, podcaster and author. Tell us more about yourself. I’m a 27-year-old uneducated but curious boardgames-and-beer lover who lives in an apartment on Reimersholme in Stockholm with my girlfriend. At the age of 22, I wrote a series of blog entries on the topic of ”The greatest mysteries of the internet” (which you can read in Swedish  here ), and thanks to the massive response I promptly discovered that not many other people in Sweden wrote about the internet in quite the same way. Since then, I’ve started the fact-checking effort Viralgranskaren (the Viral Reviewer in English) that was awarded the Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism, written...