Sometimes a Jo Walton book can be summed up with a high-concept line: “What if all of Anthony Trollope’s protagonists were dragons?” (“Tooth and Claw,” 2003); or “What if Athene and Apollo gathered ...

The artificially constructed Republic, populated with people whom the goddess Athene stole from their native time lines, has splintered into warring factions after the events of The Just City. Apollo, ...

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This beautifully titled novel is, I suppose, a fairy tale, since there are fairies in it, or, anyhow, beings called fairies. They aren't visible to everyone, yet can affect the lives of people who don ...

In Ask A Prophet, we probe the brains of sci-fi, fantasy, and speculative fiction writers. This week, we spoke to Jo Walton about her world-building, why the concept of patronage is still going strong ...

Jo Walton's novels twist familiar genre scenarios to reveal fascinating new characters and ideas. Among Others uses fantasy elements and the real-world history of science fiction to create a unique ...

For anyone whose to-read pile is not quite tall enough, this collection gathers 130 of Walton’s blog posts from science fiction site Tor.com (July 2008 to February 2011) about her favorites works of ...

World Fantasy Award–winner Walton (Tooth and Claw) turns the magical boarding school story inside out in this compelling coming-of-age tale. Welsh teen Morwenna was badly hurt, and her twin sister ...

Tooth and Claw author Jo Walton would love the chance to change history. Her Small Change trilogy follows England through the lens of an alternate history — one where Winston Churchill was overthrown, ...