Fantasy, World-building and Babble with Andrea Stewart

Fantasy author Andrea Stewart shares her daily routine, her creative process, and what goes into being the custodian of a family of magical fictional characters

When fantasy author Andrea Stewart found out that the worlds she adored in her favourite books weren’t real, and after she had accepted that she couldn’t slay actual dragons, she put pen to paper to make sure her life would be forever intertwined with the fantastical.

Her debut novel, The Bone Shard Daughter, published by Orbit Books, is the first book in the Drowning Empire fantasy trilogy. The others are in the works, which she shares during her Babble interview.

When Andrea isn’t writing epic fantasy novels, editing drafts of them, or babbling with Megan Thomas about them, she can be found reading, writing short stories and illustrating her characters.