Allow me to introduce: Alicia Hendley

In my retrospective of Five Rivers’ decade of publishing, the next author up on my list is Alicia Hendley. Some of you may remember the film Six Degrees of Separation, a brilliant film which showcased the burgeoning brilliance of a then very young Will Smith. The premise of the film, and the play written by John Guare, is based upon a theory by Frigyes Karinthy that everything is separated by six or fewer associations. Thus it is…

From Five Rivers to You

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Nominations for 2016 Prix Auroras now open

Eligible works published in 2015 can now be nominated for the 2016 Prix Aurora Award. Five Rivers Publishing has four titles eligible: Novels: The Eye of Strife, by Dave Duncan, released April 1, 2015 YA Novels: The Adventures of Ivor, by Dave Duncan, released June 1, 2015 Type2, by Alicia Hendley, released April 1, 2015 Hawk, by Marie Powell, released August 1, 2015 Artist: Jeff Minkevics, Art Director for Five Rivers Publishing, is also nominated for…

Sequel to Type releases April 1, 2015

The sequel to Alicia Hendley’s suspenseful YA near-future novel Type, entitled Type2, releases April 1, 2015 in both print and eBook formats. ISBN 9781927400852 $19.99eISBN 9781927400869 $4.99 The dynamic cover is by Five Rivers’ Art Director, Jeff Minkevics. We thought fans would be interested to read about the process behind the cover design, and so tapped the depths of Jeff’s prodigiously creative mind. JM: The challenge behind the cover for Type2 was the same sort…

Thus the marathon begins

Here we are; first Monday of 2015. Robert and I have been hard at it from the first bell of the year. Robert’s working on several manuscripts, a few of which are new offerings from Dave Duncan. I’m presently finalizing the layout for the third book in the Shakespeare for Slackers series, this one a weird and wonderful interpretation of Macbeth.  Later in the week I’ll be reading a fascinating SF submission, finalize the last…