SR Vaught says, JB Redmond is a devilishly handsome 25 year-old guy who loves all things fantasy and science fiction. He's bright, kind, and single. Penpals welcome. As for me, I live with JB and my family in beautiful rural Kentucky, with lots and lots of animals--especially birds. One of my favorite things about Oathbreaker is that the story is based around a society where most citizens used to have wings, so a lot of our names and the terminology of the world hark back to bird-related words. Cobb, for example, is taken from the word "cob," the term for a male swan.

Vagrat is taken from "vagrant," the term for a bird that wanders off course and becomes disoriented.Eyrie, the name of the land itself, refers to nests in high places, where birds lay eggs and raise their young. Even the insults--dirteater, for example, or cull--all of these relate to birds, how birds act, or raising birds. In that way, Eyrie is not that different from my back yard--but I think it would be way more fun to *be* the bird rather than just raise them.

JB says, What my mom wrote about me--I shall kill her now. The fantasy and science fiction part is true, though. I've read and watched fantasy and scifi my whole life, and I'm thrilled to be writing it now. I dug into the battle scenes of Oathbreaker, and focused on the training of assassins, and what might be involved in taking such a path through life. I'm working on lots of other books, and really hope readers enjoy Oathbreaker. Oh, and one more thing for all the "convention police"--Aron is NOT, repeat NOT, a "pig boy." He was just working with pigs on the family farm when the book started. He is very definitely a former soldier and farmer's son, like most boys in his world--BUT HE'S NOT A PIG BOY. Just so we get that straight.

I wish I'd had him working with chickens, but I figured Talons wouldn't be that interested in eating chickens (as in, they wouldn't even notice they'd eaten one unless they gobbled about 20 at once).Talons are one of my favorite parts of Oathbreaker. We had fun including them in fighting scenes. It made sense to us that Fae who couldn't shapeshift would develop mounts that might have a shot against dragons or other winged creatures in a battle. Huge teeth, long claws, giant feet--can't beat a Talon for sheer force and power. I'd love to have one, but I'm betting it would eat a lot. And probably a lot of smelly, gross stuff.

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