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Interview with Jim Butcher

Matthew Peterson: Hello everyone, and welcome back to The Author Hour: Your Guide to Fantastic Fiction. I’m your host, Matthew Peterson, best-selling author of the Parallel Worlds series, which can be found at www.Paraworlds.com. A lot of things have happened since my last show. First of, my debut science fantasy novel, Paraworld Zero, was published in India this month. Ironically I’m still in search for a new agent and publisher in the states. Arrgg. [laughs] And lastly the construction company is well on their way to finishing my house. Yea! It’s been over nine months since my house was destroyed in a fire, so it’ll be nice to get back to a normal life again. Well, that’s it for the announcements, let’s get to the interview.

My guest today is Jim Butcher, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Dresden files. A modern day fantasy about a wizard for hire in Chicago. The Dresden files were made into a TV series a while ago on the Sci-Fi channel, which I must say I thoroughly enjoyed. Jim is also the author of the Codex Alera, a more traditional fantasy series with swords and elemental creatures. Thanks so much for being on the show today, Jim.

Jim Butcher: No problem.

Matthew Peterson: Let’s first talk about the Dresden Files. I understand the first book, Storm Front, came about because of something you were trying to prove to your writing instructor?

Jim Butcher: Oh, yes. My writing teacher had been giving me very good advice for several years and I’d been ignoring her, especially the last couple on account of, you know, I had a degree in English literature, so you know, I knew what I was talking about. Whereas, she had merely published forty novels.

Matthew Peterson: [laughs]

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