37: S.A. Chakraborty Interview

Travis interviews fantasy author S.A. Chakraborty about concluding her debut trilogy with The Empire of Gold, the final novel in the Daevabad series. The books center around a young con artist named Nahri who is thrust into a world full of djinn, political turmoil, and magic.

Travis and Shannon discuss the upcoming Netflix adaptation of the books, how historical accounts often read like angry Yelp reviews, and how stories can be a mirror in which we can find hope and understanding in our own lives.

S. A. Chakraborty is the author of the critically acclaimed and internationally best-selling The Daevabad Trilogy. Her work has been nominated for the Locus, World Fantasy, Crawford, and Astounding awards. When not buried in books about thirteenth-century con artists and Abbasid political intrigue, she enjoys hiking, knitting, and re-creating unnecessarily complicated medieval meals. You can find her online at www.sachakraborty.com or on Twitter and Instagram at @SAChakrabooks, where she likes to talk about history, politics, and Islamic art. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, daughter, and an ever-increasing number of cats.

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Music:

• Intro: "The Legend of Iya" courtesy of https://philter.no

• Outro: "A Quest Unfolds" courtesy of https://philter.no

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