Latest Valkyrie Podcast Episodes
Ep 41 - John Scalzi - Science Fiction Author
Page Break with Brian McClellan - May 17, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is science fiction author John Scalzi. John is known for a massive variety of work, including his early career as a reviewer and columnist, his bestselling breakout novel Old Man’s War, his time as president of the Science Fiction Writers of America, and his well-known bl...
Ep 40 - Katherine Arden - Fantasy Author
Page Break with Brian McClellan - May 10, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is novelist Katherine Arden. Katherine is known for her Russian-inspired historical fantasy the Winternight Trilogy, which begins with The Bear and the Nightingale, and her middle-grade series Small Spaces. Katherine and Brian chat about her life before getting published...
May 2022 Supplemental
Page Break with Brian McClellan - May 05, 2022 07:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsHey everyone! Just a quick hello and update for everything going on in the Brianverse! IN THE SHADOW OF LIGHTNING Preorder Campaign: https://read.macmillan.com/promo/intheshadowoflightningpreorder/ Les Imaginales: https://www.imaginales.fr/invites/mcclellan-brian/ Promise of Blood in French: ...
Ep 39 - Brian Staveley - Epic Fantasy Author
Page Break with Brian McClellan - May 03, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is epic fantasy author Brian Staveley. Brian is known for his award-winning Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne, the first book of which was The Emperor’s Blades, which came out in 2014. Brian and his fellow Brian talk about the solitary life of a writer, coming up with book...
Ep 38 - Naomi Novik - Fantasy Author
Page Break with Brian McClellan - April 12, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is fantasy author Naomi Novik! Naomi is best known for her massively successful Temeraire series in which dragons fight in the Napoleonic Wars and was, as Brian recounts in the episode, an early inspiration for his own writing. She’s also written the Scholomance trilogy, ...
Ep 37 - Samantha Shannon - Fantasy Author
Page Break with Brian McClellan - April 05, 2022 07:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is fantasy author Samantha Shannon. Samantha’s career began at the age of twenty-one when she published the internationally-bestselling The Bone Season with Bloomsbury Publishing. There have been three more books in that series, as well as Samantha’s acclaimed stand-alone...
Ep 36 - Brandon Sanderson - Science Fiction and Fantasy Author
Page Break with Brian McClellan - March 29, 2022 07:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is epic fantasy author Brandon Sanderson. For the very few of you who don’t know him, Brandon is one of the most prolific and successful authors working in science fiction and fantasy today. He is known for his massive interconnected Cosmere in which many different fantas...
Ep 35 - Janet Forbes - Author, Streamer, and CEO of WorldAnvil
Page Break with Brian McClellan - March 22, 2022 14:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is author and streamer Janet Forbes. Janet is the CEO of World Anvil, an online worldbuilding platform for roleplayers and writers that she founded with her husband. She also streams Dungeons and Dragons for Wizards of the Coast, records writing and RPG advice on Youtube,...
Ep 34 - Evan Winter - Epic Fantasy Author
Page Break with Brian McClellan - March 15, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is epic fantasy author Evan Winter. Evan is a former filmmaker whose first novel Rage of Dragons was named as one of Time Magazine's 100 best fantasy books of all time in 2020. The third book in his Burning series is out in 2023. Evan and Brian talk about his experience...
March 2022 Supplemental
Page Break with Brian McClellan - March 10, 2022 08:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsHey everyone! Here's your very first Page Break Supplemental - just a quick catchup of everything going on in the Brianverse at the moment. Kern Country Library Event - March 18th 2022 at 8pm Preorder links for IN THE SHADOW OF LIGHTNING Brian's March TV/Film pick: The Legend of Vox Machina o...
Ep 33 - Steve Fisher - Intellectual Property Agent
Page Break with Brian McClellan - March 08, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is intellectual property agent Steve Fisher. Steve began his career in the research department of World News Tonight before becoming an agent and ultimately joining APA where he’s been since 1999. Steve’s specialty is working out deals that bring your favorite existing pr...
Ep 32 - Chuck Wendig - Novelist and Comic Writer
Page Break with Brian McClellan - March 01, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is author, comic writer, screenwriter, and blogger Chuck Wendig. Chuck’s early career began as a freelance RPG writer for over a decade before he broke into the novel scene with Blackbirds, Blue Blazes, Shotgun Gravy, and the Heartland Trilogy. He was tapped to write the ...
Ep 31 - Lauren Panepinto - Creative Director and Designer
Page Break with Brian McClellan - February 15, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is graphic designer Lauren Panepinto. Lauren is the creative director and a book designer for Orbit Books, where she has worked on covers for many of your favorite science fiction and fantasy authors including, by happy coincidence, Brian's! She’s also a vice president at...
Ep 30 - Chris Birch - Gaming Publisher and Founder of Modiphius
Page Break with Brian McClellan - February 08, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is tabletop game designer Chris Birch. Chris is the founder and publisher of Modiphius, a company that creates roleplaying games, board games, and war games in a diverse range of original and licensed properties including Dune, Star Trek, Fallout, Homeworld, Skyrim, Conan...
Ep 29 - Runesmith/Logan Reese - Youtuber and RPG Supplement Writer
Page Break with Brian McClellan - February 01, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is Youtuber Logan Reese, better known by his online handle Runesmith. Logan gives viewers his comedic take on writing and Dungeons and Dragons on his Runesmith Youtube channel and has a liveplay series called Tall Tales. He also writes and produces supplemental modules fo...
Ep 28 - James L Sutter - Game Designer and Fantasy Author
Page Break with Brian McClellan - January 25, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is game designer and fantasy author James L Sutter. James is the co-creator of the Pathfinder and Starfinder roleplaying games, and was the editor and developer for Paizo Publishing for over a decade where he oversaw Dungeon Magazine and the Pathfinder Tales novel line. J...
Ep 27 - Caitlin Blasdell - Literary Agent
Page Break with Brian McClellan - January 18, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is literary agent Caitlin Blasdell. Caitlin began her career editing for Harvard Business School and Harper Collins before making the transition to her current job as a literary agent for Liza Dawson Associates where she has helped nurture and sell such clients as Charles...
Ep 26 - Maggie Mae Fish - Actor, Writer, and Comedian
Page Break with Brian McClellan - January 11, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is actor, writer, and comedian Maggie Mae Fish. Maggie is a wildly prolific writer having worked on projects for Cracked.com, College Humor, Screen Junkies, DreamworksTV, Amazon, and more. She also has a popular Youtube channel, Maggie Does Film Analysis. She’s won awards...
Ep 25 - Robert Jackson Bennett - Epic Fantasy Author
Page Break with Brian McClellan - December 21, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is fantasy author—and a friend for many years—Robert Jackson Bennett. Robert’s career began back in 2010 with the award-winning Mr. Shivers and the Company Man, followed by The Troupe and American Elsewhere. He then took a turn into epic fantasy with the Divine Cities Tri...
Ep 24 - Shad M. Brooks - Youtuber and Author
Page Break with Brian McClellan - December 14, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is youtuber and fantasy author Shad M. Brooks. Shad is known for his massively popular Youtube channel Shadiversity, where he dives into fantasy and medieval tropes, culture, and technology. Shad also talks more pop culture and reviews over on his other Youtube channel, K...
Episode 24 - Shad M. Brooks - Youtuber and Author
Page Break with Brian McClellan - December 14, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is youtuber and fantasy author Shad M. Brooks. Shad is known for his massively popular Youtube channel Shadiversity, where he dives into fantasy and medieval tropes, culture, and technology. Shad also talks more pop culture and reviews over on his other Youtube channel, K...
Ep 23 - Helene Wecker - Novelist
Page Break with Brian McClellan - December 07, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is novelist Helene Wecker. Helene is author of the best-selling and award-winning book, the Golem and the Jinni and its recent follow up, The Hidden Palace. Helene and Brian are also debut buddies—their first books came out the same month in April of 2013. Helene and Bri...
Ep 22 - Joe Abercrombie - Epic Fantasy Author
Page Break with Brian McClellan - November 30, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is bestselling epic fantasy author and personal hero, Joe Abercrombie! Joe is known for his nine books in the First Law universe where he created fan favorite characters like Glokta and Logen Ninefingers. He has also written the young adult Shattered Sea Trilogy. Joe and...
Ep 21 - Anthony Lemke - Actor
Page Break with Brian McClellan - November 09, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is Canadian actor Anthony Lemke! Anthony will be known to American audiences as the character of Three in the sci-fi drama Dark Matter and as Coach Marcus Gilday in the college sitcom Blue Mountain State. He has an extensive catalog of parts in television and film, and ha...
Ep 20 - Kevin Hearne - Urban Fantasy Author
Page Break with Brian McClellan - November 02, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is Kevin Hearne! Kevin is the bestselling author of the urban fantasy Iron Druid series and the epic fantasy Seven Kennings. He also co-writes the Tales of Pell with previous Page Break guest Delilah S Dawson. Kevin and Brian chat about the mental health benefits of gett...
Ep 19 - Fonda Lee - Epic Fantasy Author
Page Break with Brian McClellan - October 26, 2021 15:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest this week is novelist Fonda Lee. Fonda is the author of the young adult Exo series as well as the epic fantasy Green Bone Saga. The first book in that series, Jade City, was a finalist for the Nebula Award and won the World Fantasy Award in 2018. Fonda and Brian discuss her transi...
Ep 18.5 - RA Salvatore - Fantasy Author
Page Break with Brian McClellan - October 21, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsWelcome to part two of this week’s two-part episode where Brian chats individually with a pair of co-authors, R.A. Salvatore and Erika Lewis, for the launch week of their new book Color of Dragons! Brian's second guest is Robert Anthony Salvatore! Bob is a long-time bestselling author of the De...
Ep 18 - Erika Lewis - Fantasy Author
Page Break with Brian McClellan - October 19, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsThis week Brian has something a little different for you: a special two-part episode in which he chats individually with a pair of co-authors, R.A. Salvatore and Erika Lewis, for the launch week of their new book Color of Dragons! First up is Erika Lewis! Erika is a former television producer w...
Ep 17 - Mallory O'Meara - Author and Podcaster
Page Break with Brian McClellan - October 12, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian’s guest is author and podcaster Mallory O’Meara. Mallory wrote the bestselling nonfiction book The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick. Her upcoming Girly Drinks, a feminist history of women and alcohol, is out just a week from broadcast o...
Ep 16 - Daniel Greene - Youtuber and Fantasy Author
Page Break with Brian McClellan - October 05, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBrian's guest is Youtuber and author Daniel Greene! Daniel is the writer and performer behind the hugely popular Fantasy News Youtube and Twitch channels, as well as the author of the epic fantasy novellas Breach of Peace and Rebel’s Creed. Daniel and Brian chat about what it’s like to be on th...
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