I am an urban fantasy and thriller author. I grew up in a 200-year-old haunted farmhouse and sold my first magazine article at age 19. Before becoming a novelist, I worked as a bookseller, copywriter and professional test driver. Ask me anything!

@LMacNaughton www.laurencemacnaughton.com

Proof: https://i.redd.it/e28touilf09z.png

Thanks to everyone who came by and asked questions! I hope to see you again soon when book #2 is released! Take care, do good things, be kind to people, and read more books! -Peter

Hi, everyone, I’m Peter Telep, author of the new Doc Harrison YA science fiction series. I’ve been telling stories for over thirty years now and have worked in various genres including film, television (live action and animation), and video games. I’ve written many media tie-in books including most of the Tom Clancy video game novels (Splinter Cell, Endwar, and Ghost Recon).

Here’s proof:

http://www.docharrisonbooks.com/announcements/ask-me-anything-july-12-2-10-pm-est/

My collaboration with Tom Clancy, Against All Enemies, debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestsellers list.

https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2011/07/03/hardcover-fiction/

I’ve since written a standalone military thriller, The Secret Corps, published in hardcover by Ulysses Press, and am now returning to my roots as a fantasy and science fiction writer (because I love both genres).

Here are links to the new book and series website:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35280331-doc-harrison-and-the-apocalypse

www.docharrisonbooks.com

Here’s a link to that asshat definition!

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/asshat

I’d love to chat with you about the new book series and answer your questions about writing, the writing process, and offer any tips and advice I can. I teach courses in fiction writing, script writing, and writing for video games at the University of Central Florida, so in addition to writing, answering questions is what I do for a living!

I’m also an avid road cyclist and a huge Star Wars fan and collector!

I’ll be here until 10 pm eastern time because I enjoy helping people and paying it forward. That’s good karma! I look forward to your questions.

My latest book, The Power, won the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2017. It’s a feminist science fiction novel about what happens when all of a sudden almost all the women develop the power to electrocute people at will. I am also co-creator of the app Zombies, Run! Ask me anything! I’ll be here at 4pm (BST) on Monday 10th July.

Here’s proof that it’s me: http://naomialderman.squarespace.com/where-im-talking-next/

You can read the first chapter of my book The Power here: http://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/reading-room/news/chapter-one-power

To find out more about the Prize visit their website: http://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/

Edit: OK, I think time's up! Thanks to everyone for your fab questions, it's been a treat to talk to you all! Naomi

Oh right. You probably want to know about me. I'm the author of the timebending "Silvers" trilogy: THE FLIGHT OF THE SILVERS (published by Penguin in 2014), THE SONG OF THE ORPHANS (published yesterday) and THE WAR OF THE GIVENS (which I'm currently writing as fast I can freaking can). I also wrote SLICK, a comedic novel about PR and media manipulation in the pre-social media era. You can learn a hell of a lot more about me at http://danielprice.info/

And here's photographic proof of me, in all my schlubby splendor: https://twitter.com/SilversGuy/status/880856124915818496

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EDIT: All right, folks. My time is up. Thank you all for your excellent and entertaining questions. I had a real blast doing this.

EDIT 2: Slipping back in to answer a few more questions, because it sure as hell beats working.

EDIT 3: And I'm gone again. Thanks for having me. This was too much fun.

EDIT: Thank you all for stopping by! So much fun! I am stepping away for a bit, but will answer whatever questions come through during the next day, so feel free to keep them coming!

Hi, Reddit! I wrote DARK MATTER and WAYWARD PINES, which was also a FOX event series, and co-created the TNT show GOOD BEHAVIOR, starring Michelle Dockery. DARK MATTER is just out in paperback for the summer. I’ll start answering your questions at 3pm ET today!

Proof: https://twitter.com/blakecrouch1/status/880118271718162432

Dear Redditors, Redditons, and Redditeddis, I’m doing a Reddit AMA June 28th! We’ve just published The Witchwood Crown, the first volume (well, the first large volume) of the new Osten Ard series, and I am most of the way through the second volume (of three total. I swear, just three). Yes, after almost thirty years, I am knee-deep in Osten Ard and the adventures of Simon, Miriamele, Binabik, as well as other old friends and a metric butt-ton of new characters — and, I have to say, rather enjoying it. I will be happy to talk about the new books or virtually anything else — I am not one of those shy authors — if you will only bring me your questions.

I’m tired of talking to the dogs and cats, and the family stopped listening to me long ago, so if you have any sympathy at all you’ll come visit me here so I’m can remember what it feels like talking to humans again.

Here’s all I remember: you can’t brush their fur the wrong way. Or is that cats?

Anyway, I will be answering questions about the original series AND the new books live on Wednesday, January 28th, 2017 at 2:30 PM ET / 11:30 AM PT, and will check back later in case I missed any during the excitement of the live event. Bring your popcorn. Wear your writer-poking togs, and remember your eye protection, because we authors can be fierce and sudden, and also we tend to froth.

Proof: https://i.redd.it/1vtklbyjw76z.jpg

Hi r/books! I'm Rachel Dunne, and today is my second book birthday.

My first book, In the Shadow of the Gods, came out exactly a year and a week ago. Today is the release day for the sequel, The Bones of the Earth. I also have a big fluffy dog named Goliath, which has nothing to do with my books, but I'll take pretty much any excuse to talk about him.

Since this is my second published novel, book release day is still bizarre and hugely exciting for me, and I'm thrilled to spend part of this crazy day here answering any questions you might have. So ask me anything!

Proof: https://i.redd.it/mojnyng1uv5z.jpg

EDIT: Thanks for the questions everyone! This was a lot of fun, but I'm off to celebrate the rest of my book birthday by...well, writing more. That's how a normal person celebrates, right?

Hi Reddit, I’m Richard Chizmar: Writer, editor, and founder of Cemetery Dance Magazine and Cemetery Dance Publications. I write and edit books, short stories and screenplays -- most recently the novella Gwendy’s Button Box, co-written with Stephen King. I’m here to answer your questions about writing, horror and what it’s like publishing a book with Stephen King, and indie publishing. AMA.

More on my books here: http://richardchizmar.com/full-bibliography/

More on my publishing imprint, Cemetery Dance Publications, here: http://www.cemeterydance.com/

Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RichardChizmar

Proof: http://imgur.com/a/fFuXk

Edit: Thanks for a fun afternoon, everyone! See you next time!

Hello Reddit! My name is Peter James and I’m the New York Times bestselling and 2016 CWA Diamond Dagger award winning author of numerous books, including my Detective Superintendent Roy Grace Series, which have sold 18 million copies worldwide, and many stand alone novels like Perfect People. My novels have been adapted for film, television, and the stage.

My latest novel, NEED YOU DEAD is the latest in my DS Roy Grace series. Publishers Weekly wrote, “This skillful twister shows why James was awarded the 2016 CWA Diamond Dagger.”

You can also find Roy Grace in a story I cowrote with Val McDermid for MATCHUP, a volume of short stories where twenty-two of the world’s most popular thriller writers come together for an unforgettable anthology, edited by Lee Child.

I’m traveling on country roads in England with spotty service, so I’ll be on and off answering questions until about 6:00 PM ET. AMA!

I love connecting with readers on social media!

• Website: http://www.peterjames.com
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/peterjames.roygrace
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/peterjamesuk
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/peterjamesPJTV
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/peterjamesuk
• Instagram Pets: https://instagram.com/peterjamesukpets

I write books about unbelievable places with quite believable details. Soleri is a mash-up between King Lear and ancient Egyptian history. It’s is a novel packed with visionary architecture, subtle magic, and believable history. It’s about an empire populated by very real people living through unreal events. I’m a debut author and I want to talk about my book. Questions?

Proof: https://twitter.com/mjohnstonauthor/status/864946036539772928

Hi, I’m Doug Brunt. Until 2011, I was CEO of Authentium, Inc. I now write full time and live in New York with my wife and our three children. I’m the author of the New York Times Bestseller 'Ghosts of Manhattan' and 'The Means'. My third novel, 'Trophy Son', was released May 30, 2017 by St. Martin’s Press.

Private lessons. Professional coaches. Specialized camps for sports, math, music, and other fields. Today’s children are pushed to achieve excellence―or else. But at what cost? ‘Trophy Son’ tells the story of a tennis prodigy, from young childhood to the finals of the US Open, Wimbledon, and other tournaments around the world.

You can check out my recent op-ed for TIME about the commercialization of youth sports here.

Proof: https://twitter.com/DougBrunt/status/874302556859539456

Hi Reddit! My name is Ramsey Hootman, and I write novels about oddballs and social rejects. I like to take tired tropes, deconstruct them, and build something interesting and new. If you look at the Goodreads reviews of my books, it’s mostly people attempting to explain why they liked characters that really shouldn’t be likable, which sums up my writing quite well.

Courting Greta, an anti-romance about a programmer with spina bifida, was my personal “fuck you” to genre romance, but it turned out to be a hit with haters like me and romance aficionados looking for something unique. (It’s often compared to The Rosie Project, but Courting Greta is significantly less cute. IMO if you’re going to do quirky people, you gotta be real.)

It took me a decade to achieve traditional publication with an amazing agent and one of the Big Five publishing houses, so self-publishing my second book, [Surviving Cyril](www.amazon.com/dp/B06XCS4GNC), probably indicates that I’ve lost my marbles. It’s hard to talk about this one without too many spoilers, but in brief it’s the story of a newly widowed woman and her relationship with her husband’s best friend, a 500 pound “forever alone” hacker. Of course, this being me, it’s not at all what it seems.

Proof: https://twitter.com/RamseyHootman/status/872550209179471872

Ask me anything!

I AM RICHARD KADREY, the author of 15 novels, including nine volumes in the Sandman Slim series.

The newest Sandman Slim book, THE KILL SOCIETY, came out this week.

In it, James Stark gets caught up in a mad and brutal road trip across the Hell’s wastelands in search of a weapon that could change the tide in the war in Heaven.

Join me at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT and ASK ME ANYTHING - questions about Sandman Slim, the new Coop series, or Lucifer, the DC/Vertigo comic I took over after Holly Black’s successful run.

To get you in the mood, I've created a Kill Society Spotify playlist, which you can find here: https://open.spotify.com/user/saintgomi/playlist/3pLJJltGgROs8eFoXZsxp5

Hi Reddit! My name is Kendra Elliot and I've sold over 3.5 million books. I've written eleven novels and hit the Wall Street Journal top ten best seller list four times. I won the 2016, 2015, and 2014 Daphne du Maurier awards for Best Romantic Suspense, and was an International Thriller Writers finalist for Best Paperback Original and a Romantic Times finalist for Best Romantic Suspense.

My latest novel, A MERCIFUL TRUTH, is the second in the Mercy Kilpatrick series.

I’ll be on and off answering questions from noon until about 6:00 PM PDT. AMA!

Proof: https://twitter.com/KendraElliot/status/872231615035879424

Hello Redditors. I'm AJ Hartley , a British-born professor of Shakespeare at UNC Charlotte and author of 15 novels for YA and younger audiences. My upcoming book, Firebrand, is the second book in the Steeplejack series and follows the adventures of Anglet Sutonga, and brave and smart young woman navigating her complicated home, Bar-Selehm, a fantasy city modeled after South Africa during Apartheid and the Victorian era.

I'm also the author of the Cathedrals of Glass series, Sekret Machines, the Darwen Arkwright series for kids, adaptations of Macbeth and Hamlet, and several archaeological mysteries. Ask me anything!

Proof: https://twitter.com/authorajhartley/status/86532745395853721

I'm a proud Chicanx journalist who has covered the sport of soccer (or "futbol") for The Guardian, VICE, Fusion, Howler Magazine, The Blizzard, and countless other spots. I wrote a novel called The Night of the Virgin that was published on June 1st to critical acclaim. It's about an undocumented guy named Manny who quixotically chases his pro soccer dream in the US, despite his immigration status. He also breaks his leg. And it also sucks.

I am hella active on Twitter.

Proof: https://i.redd.it/nz138zhtwawy.jpg

Hi Reddit, I’m Rebecca Skloot, science writer and author of the New York Times Bestseller, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I’ve contributed to The New York Times Magazine, O, The Oprah Magazine, Discover, Radio Lab, PBS Nova Science Now, and others. I specialize in narrative science writing and have covered a wide range of topics, including goldfish surgery, tissue ownership rights, race and medicine, food politics, and packs of wild dogs in Manhattan. My book about Henrietta Lacks — a poor African American tobacco farmer whose cells, taken without her knowledge in the 50s, became one of the most important tools in medicine — was recently adapted into an HBO film starring Oprah Winfrey as Deborah Lacks, and Rose Byrne as ... me. I teach creative writing and science journalism most recently in UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, and I’m currently working on a new book about humans, animals, science and ethics, which you can learn more about here: http://rebeccaskloot.com/other-writings/forthcoming-book/. It's a topic near and dear to me -- I planned to be a veterinarian; before becoming a science writer, I spent more than a decade working as a veterinary technician in settings ranging from animal shelters to private practices, veterinary schools and research labs. Those experiences and the questions they prompted are at the heart of my next book.

My website: http://rebeccaskloot.com/

My twitter, Instagram and Facebook: @rebeccaskloot

Information on my book: http://rebeccaskloot.com/the-immortal-life/

HBO’s movie page: https://henriettalackshbo.com/

Proof: https://twitter.com/RebeccaSkloot/status/858133958982119424

In 2012 I wrote an episodic post-apocalyptic series called Final Dawn that's sold over 250,000 copies (hey there to those who remember me posting about it on Reddit back then :) ). Before/Since then I've worked as a marketer, programmer, data analyst and other fun stuff but I'm back to doing what I love - writing full time! My latest post-apocalyptic books are an episodic series called Surviving the Fall and a novel-length series called No Sanctuary and I'm working hard on moving into the urban fantasy and space opera genres later this year.

Due to some of my background in internet marketing I tend to take a fairly no-BS approach to stuff like this which means that I don't buy into a lot of what "bestselling" authors are selling, so if you want the truth that's what I'll serve up. AMA about my thoughts on indie publishing, finding a good editor, working with cover designers, dumping our family's savings into my books at the start of this year, being incredibly nervous every day as I refresh my sales numbers in between writing, how a woman forgot to feed her kids while reading one of my books or pretty much anything else.

Proof: https://www.facebook.com/MikeKrausBooks/posts/1430411557038778

I’ve been a writer for 25 years, with mostly grownup credits. If my name sounds vaguely familiar, it’s probably because my last book HOW NOT TO KILL YOUR BABY went viral on Reddit back in 2012, blowing up my book sales for one very exciting week. Here’s the original thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/va0le/found_at_the_local_book_store/

In the five years since then, I’ve been hard at work trying to break into a new corner of the publishing world: children’s books. It was a long process and I racked up up a ton of rejections along the way, but yesterday, Random House released my very first kid’s book. It’s a Middle Grade novel called HYACINTH AND THE SECRETS BENEATH (in the US) and THE CITY OF SECRET RIVERS (in the UK, where it's published by Walker Books.) School Library Journal called it a “fantastic, funny adventure.” Booklist said “It’s a wild ride that’s fun, freaky, outlandish, and suspenseful. Readers will beg for another installment."

Sequels are coming in 2018 and 2019. My first picture book (LYRIC MCKERRIGAN, SECRET LIBRARIAN) will be out next year, illustrated by Eisner winner, Caldecott honoree, and all-around genius Vera Brosgol.

If you want more background on me, or you need a picture of me dressed as a pirate, my website is jacobsagerweinstein.com

I’m happy to talk about my books, or getting published, or not getting published (which I also have plenty of experience with), or the writing process, or children’s literature, or pretty much anything else. Just don’t ask me anything that’s going to embarrass me a few years from now when my kids figure out how to google me. (Hi, kids! Congratulations on figuring out google!)

PROOF: https://twitter.com/jacobsw/status/866327844154204160

EDIT: Oops! Broken link! It's now fixed. Thanks, /u/Duke_Paul for catching that.

EDIT: OK, Reddit, I've really enjoyed this, but it's 10:30PM in my time zone and I am a middle-aged dad, so I'm going to bed. I will check back in tomorrow so please feel free to keep adding questions or comments. Thank you and good night!

EDIT, May 25: I see there have been some questions posted while I slept. Great! I am going to take breaks from work throughout the day and answer them. I may be slow but I will eventually get to them all.

EDIT: Looks like I've answered all the questions, so I'm calling it a wrap. But I hang out on Reddit way too much, and if you post anything here it will show up in my inbox, so if you stumble on this weeks or months from now and have an additional question, feel free. Thanks everybody! It was a blast.

I'm a columnist and author who follows my curiosity around the world. I write a weekly column for the San Francisco Chronicle and my short story collection, DECEIT AND OTHER POSSIBILITIES, shines a light on immigrant families navigating a new America. The ebook was recently released. I’m finishing my debut novel, A RIVER OF STARS, which will be published next year. Ask me anything! www.vanessahua.com

[UPDATE: There were two AMA threads inadvertently created; this thread --https://redd.it/6cvt0q -- has a few questions too]

[UPDATE]: Thank you for taking the time to ask questions today. I have to go now, but I enjoyed hearing from all of you!

Proof: https://twitter.com/vanessa_hua/status/859910665732898816

I am promoting the release of my tenth book, CHUCK KLOSTERMAN X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century, as well as the paperback release of BUT WHAT IF WE’RE WRONG? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past. I’ve written eight books of nonfiction and two novels. I have written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, GQ, Esquire, Spin, The Guardian, The Believer, Billboard, The A.V. Club, and ESPN, served as the Ethicist for NYT Magazine for three years, and was an original founder of the website Grantland with Bill Simmons.

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/CKlosterman

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChuckKlostermanOfficial

• Website: http://chuckklostermanauthor.com/

Proof: https://www.facebook.com/ChuckKlostermanOfficial/

I am the author of 9 novels, including GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING, AT THE EDGE OF THE ORCHARD, and NEW BOY, a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s Othello. I grew up in Washington DC, went to Oberlin College in Ohio, and now I live in London.

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/tracychevalierwriter
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tracy_Chevalier
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ - tracychevalierwriter/
• Website: http://www.tchevalier.com/

Proof: https://twitter.com/Tracy_Chevalier/status/865280853521215489

EDIT: Thank you all for your questions! Feel free to post any more that you may have; I'll check back throughout the day for updates. And now I am off to do some research reading . . .

I am a fantasy novelist, short story writer, and freelance RPG writer. My novel series include the Memoirs of Lady Trent, the Onyx Court, the Wilders, and Doppelganger; my RPG credits include Legend of the Five Rings and Tiny Frontiers. I also run the New Worlds Patreon. Apart from that, I'm a black belt in shorin-ryu karate, a photographer, a half-trained anthropologist and archaeologist and folklorist, a very mediocre piano player, a former dancer, and firmly in the "cat" camp of the dog/cat debate. Ask me anything!

Proof: https://twitter.com/swan_tower/status/864559106211725312

Hello, Reddit. I’m author M.R.Carey. I wrote The Girl With All the Gifts (the novel and the screenplay for the movie), and I recently wrote a new novel, The Boy On the Bridge, set in the same world.

Before that I mostly wrote as Mike Carey. I’ve written a lot of comics, including Lucifer, The Unwritten, X-Men and Hellblazer – and currently Darkness Visible, from IDW. I’ve also written several novels under that name: the Felix Castor series, a couple of mainstream thrillers and two collaborations with my wife Linda and our daughter Louise, The City Of Silk and Steel and The House Of War and Witness.

I would love to talk books, movies, comics and stories in general with you. But the invitation is: ask me anything. So if you want a good recipe for guacamole, you can ask that too and I will just totally make something up. It probably won't taste great, I warn you now.

I’m going to be lurking between now and 6.00pm eastern time, so please feel free to start posting questions any time from now. I'll probably get to some before the official start time. But then I’ll log into the board officially at 6.00pm and stay for at least an hour or so to answer questions and chat. I'll stay longer if there's a lot going down. Then I'll check in again tomorrow morning to catch anything I missed, and I’ll continue to answer questions that come up in the course of the day.

Huge thanks to the moderators for inviting me onto the board!

Proof: https://twitter.com/michaelcarey191/status/864522556912676864

Hi Reddit, I’m Jan-Philipp Sendker. Born in Hamburg in 1960, and, longing to travel the world, I became the American correspondent for Stern from 1990 to 1995, and its Asian correspondent from 1995 to 1999. In 2000 I published Cracks in the Great Wall, a nonfiction book about China. The Art of Hearing Heartbeats was my first novel, and since then, I’ve written 3 further novels, including sequels to "The Art of Hearing Heartbeats", "A Well-Tempered Heart. Now I’m working on The Rising Dragon series, a high-stakes thriller set in contemporary China. The first installment, Whispering Shadows: A Novel was published in the US in 2016. The next book in that series, The Language of Solitude, arrived earlier this month.

I live in Potsdam with my family. Ask me anything. I sign off now. Enjoy the rest of the day!

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34867848-the-language-of-solitude

Proof: https://www.instagram.com/p/BT9WZa8BV7q/?taken-by=janphilippsendker