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19 February, 2025
7:00 pm GMT
Dragons are a fantasy staple, but what is a dragon really? Four legs or two? Wings or no wings? If a dragon falls over in the woods and nobody sees it, does it really exist? Join Zen Cho, Ian Green and writing team MK Hardy (Erin and Morag) in the dragons’ den to discuss the finer points of dragon mythology.
Zen Cho (she/her): Zen Cho writes fantasy and romance. Her fiction has won the Hugo, Crawford and British Fantasy Awards, and the LA Times Ray Bradbury Prize. Her newest novel, The Friend Zone Experiment, is a contemporary romance set in London. Born and raised in Malaysia, Zen now lives in the UK. Find out more about Zen on her website. Or follow her on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram. You can find all Zen’s books here.
Ian Green (he/him): Ian Green is a writer from Northern Scotland with a PhD in epigenetics. His short fiction has been widely published (BBC Radio 4, Londnr, Almond Press, OpenPen, Meanjin, Transportation Press, The Pigeonhole, No Alibi Press, Minor Lits, and more). He won the BBC Radio 4 Opening Lines competition, the Futurebook Future Fiction Prize, and was shortlisted for Best Newcomer at the British Fantasy Awards. His debut fantasy trilogy The Rotstorm (2021–2023) began with the Sunday Times bestseller The Gauntlet and the Fist Beneath. His biopunk eco-terrorism thriller Extremophile launched in 2024. You can find out more about Ian on his website. Or follow him on Bluesky, Twitter or Instagram. Buy Extremophile and The Gauntlet and the Fist Beneath.
Morag Hannah (she/her): Morag Hannah, together with wife Erin Hardee, writes under the penname MK Hardy. With backgrounds ranging from museum interpretation to web design, and from science communication to ghost tours, they are devoted to storytelling in almost every aspect of their lives and work. When they are not telling stories they can be found singing in choirs, foraging for fungi, and working on their 1880s fixer-upper. Their debut sapphic gothic horror The Needfire comes from Solaris in July 2025. Buy The Needfire.
Erin Hardee (she/her): Erin Hardee is a science educator and outreach worker with a background in evolutionary biology. When not enthusing about skeletons she writes under the penname MK Hardy with her wife, Morag. Their debut book, a gothic horror called The Needfire, is out with Solaris books in July 2025, with a second to follow.
Buy The Needfire and find out more about MK Hardy on their website. Or follow them on Bluesky, Twitter or Instagram.
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