Seanan McGuire’s urban fantasy October Daye series follows changeling knight and sometime P.I. Toby Daye through the streets of San Francisco and into the mercurial world of Faerie.

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“In her world, being a woman and a tantric is illegal.” The Indian author shares some background on her Delhi-based supernatural detective series.

“My biggest pet peeve is the heroine facing life changing challenges and still expected to pick a lover.” The author on a future with magic, dystopian love triangles, and relatable characters.

Kim Harrison’s series is set in a universe where supernatural beings live among the human population. Want to discover more authors who write about the fantastical among the everyday?

Jessica Cage writes the Siren mermaid paranormal fantasy series—revolving around a woman who has a Siren for a mother, a Warlock for a father, and a Family tree that wants her dead. “I look for adventure and a story that grips me, but mostly I want relatable characters.”

“I love for the characters to have a journey besides the love story.” The author on the world of her series, how her background informs her fiction, and what the future holds for her characters.

Shweta Taneja is a F&SF author, comic writer and journalist based in India. Her work is described somewhere between feminist, horror, experimental and humorous.

The urban fantasy author talks to Monster Complex about writing a Jewish heroine, horror story pet peeves, and why her fiction is funny. “I wanted to see someone like me having magical adventures and being the object of desire.”