Busboys and Poets Books Presents THE GREEN BONE SAGA with Fonda Lee
Date and Time
Dec 15, 2021 8:00 pm
Location
14th & V
2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009
Dec 15, 2021 8:00 pm
14th & V
Fantasy and sci-fi author Fonda Lee joins us on stage to talk about JADE LEGACY, the final instalment of THE GREEN BONE SAGA. Taking fantasy out of the European medieval ages, this is an action packed gangster fantasy set in a period of rapid growth and economic modernization. It’s a story of family, loyalty, and clan rivalries with cars, guns, money, drugs. And magic. Set in a late twentieth century equivalent era, the precious stone jade is at the center of life on the book’s island of Kekon. Green Bone warriors like the Kaul family have used it to enhance their magical abilities and defend the island from foreign invasion. Now, the Kaul siblings battle rival clans for honor and jade in this epic conclusion to the World Fantasy Award-winning series.
Please RSVP if you are joining us in person or are interested in purchasing a signed book with shipping (limited to those tuning in via livestream)
Doors open to the Langston Room at Busboys and Poets 14th & V Street at 7:45 PM on December 15th. The program itself will begin at 8 PM with an introduction from Busboys and Poets Books Director of Operations, Lori Barrientos Sanchez, before we start the conversation with Fonda Lee about writing, worldbuiling, and bringing a trilogy to an end. There will be time for Q&A with the audience before the end of the program, as well as the opportunity to purchase a signed copy of JADE CITY, JADE WAR, and JADE LEGACY!
ABOUT FONDA LEE
Fonda Lee is the author of the epic urban fantasy Green Bone Saga (beginning with Jade City and continuing in Jade War and the forthcoming Jade Legacy) and the science fiction novels Zeroboxer, Exo and Cross Fire.
Fonda is a winner of the World Fantasy Award, as well as a three-time winner of the Aurora Award (Canada’s national science fiction and fantasy award), and a multiple finalist for the Nebula Award, the Locus Award, and the Oregon Book Award. Her novels have garnered multiple starred reviews, been included on numerous state reading lists, named Junior Library Guild selections, and appeared on Best of Year lists from NPR, Barnes & Noble, Syfy Wire, and others. Jade City has been translated in multiple languages and optioned for television development.
In addition, she has written acclaimed short fiction and comic books for Marvel. She is a frequent speaker and instructor at writing workshops including Viable Paradise and Clarion West.
Fonda is a former corporate strategist and black belt martial artist who loves action movies and Eggs Benedict. Born and raised in Canada, she currently resides in Portland, Oregon.
