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Interview with Charlie Holmberg, Becca Hyde, AML 🔖[edit]
URL: http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/2015/01/interview-with-charlie-holmberg/
She graduated from BYU in 2010- She writes a blog entitled "Myself as Written" 🔖
The Vision of Escaflowne inspired Holmberg to begin writingShe wrote some fanfiction- She studied English, mainly creative writing, and minored in editing 🔖
- She took a class from Brandon Sanderson in college, and has cited that experience as very helpful in her career 🔖
- She met her husband in band class in high school 🔖
- She was a French horn player 🔖
- She also plays the piano, flute, and ukulele 🔖
She has three sisters- She enjoys reading fantasy novels by Brandon Sanderson, Juliet Marillier, Rosamund Hodge, Robert Jordan, and Martine Leavitt 🔖
- The Paper Magician was inspired by the art of origami 🔖
20 Favorite Indie Books of 2018, Barnes & Noble Press 🔖[edit]
URL: https://press.barnesandnoble.com/bnpress-blog/2018-favorite-indie-books/
- Her novel Veins of Gold made Barnes and Noble's list of "20 Favorite Indie Books of 2018" for its "hidden magic and ... historical western setting" 🔖
- It was called "a unique tale coupled with talented writing" 🔖
Finalist Spotlight: Charlie N. Holmberg, Whitney Awards 🔖[edit]
URL: https://whitneyawards.com/2021/03/03/finalist-spotlightcharlie-n-holmberg/
- She grew up a fan of Star Trek 🔖
- She lives in Utah 🔖
The Will and the Wilds was inspired by a dream Holmberg had, as well as Moana
A decade of novels (and more), #3: Speculative fiction, Emily Debenham, AML 🔖[edit]
URL: http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/2021/02/a-decade-of-novels-and-more-3-speculative-fiction/
Holmberg publishes with Amazon- The Paper Magician was listed on the American Library Association's shortlist for Best Fantasy Read 🔖
- The Paper Magician was her debut novel 🔖
- The Glass Magician, The Plastic Magician, Followed by Frost, Veins of Gold, and Smoke and Summons were all finalists for Whitney Awards 🔖
2015 Reading List announced: Year’s best in genre fiction for adult readers, RUSA News 🔖[edit]
- The Paper Magician made the American Library Association's 2015 shortlist for fantasy 🔖
2014 AML Awards, James Goldberg 🔖[edit]
URL: http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/2015/03/aml-awards-for-2014/
- The Paper Magician was also a finalist for the 2014 AML Award for Best Young Adult Speculative Novel 🔖
A publisher's rejection spurred friendship of these two authors, BYU alumna. Here's how, Michelle Garrett Bulsiewicz, Deseret News 🔖[edit]
- The Paper Magician and Followed by Frost were published by 47North, the publishing arm of Amazon 🔖
- She is friends with young adult fantasy author Tricia Levenseller and enjoys reading Levenseller's books 🔖
- She currently lives in Utah County, Utah 🔖
- Holmberg wrote her Numina trilogy after being told by her agent that she needed to write another series. She pulled together different ideas she'd previously developed to write the story. 🔖
- Levenseller has given Holmberg advice on how to improve the romance aspect of her books 🔖
- All of the Numina books were released in 2019, just months apart. 🔖
- Holmberg has said that she "really [doesn't] have any other hobbies" besides writing. 🔖
- She called Smoke and Summons "the best book [she's] ever written." 🔖
Best-Selling Books Week Ended June 7; With data from Nielsen BookScan, WSJ 🔖[edit]
URL: https://www.wsj.com/articles/best-selling-books-week-ended-june-7-1434050851
- The Master Magician was listed as a Wall Street Journal Best-Selling Book (under fiction e-books) in June 2015 🔖
Utah author creates magical nesting dolls in new 'Giver'-like fantasy novel, Michelle Garrett Bulsiewicz, Deseret News 🔖[edit]
- Holmberg came up with the idea for The Fifth Doll while "preparing a class on magic systems for the LDStorymakers conference". 🔖
- She was planning to task conference attendees with writing systems of magic for various household objects when she found her Russian nesting doll set and came up with a system of magic for them herself.
- She then came up with a plot to go along with her idea.
- Her agent loved the idea, and The Fifth Doll was completed six months later.
- Holmberg has likened her novel to The Village by M. Night Shyamalan and The Giver by Lois Lowry, and cited Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge as an influence.
- Holmberg reported that she "loosely applied some Freudian theory to the layers of the nesting dolls, each subtlety representing the id, the ego and the superego."
- She identifies the novel as in the realm of the fantasy genre, but acknowledges that there are some elements of horror in it.
Mormon Lit & Creative Arts Database 🔖[edit]
URL: https://mormonarts.lib.byu.edu/people/charlie-n-holmberg/
- She was born in Salt Lake City 🔖
- She wrote fan-fiction in high school 🔖
- She enjoyed watching Star Trek: The Next Generation 🔖
- She liked to write at a young age 🔖
- She graduated from BYU in 2010 with a BA in English 🔖
- She was born on April 4, 1988 🔖
- Her debut novel, The Paper Magician, was the ninth novel Holmberg completed 🔖
Interview with an Author: Charlie N. Holmberg, Daryl Maxwell, LAPL[edit]
URL: https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/interview-author-charlie-n-holmberg
- She cites Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle and BBC's Lark Rise to Candleford as her influences for Spellbreaker
- She made some revisions to the novel about halfway through the writing process, paying close attention to the elements of mystery and electing to include a red herring
Internet Speculative Fiction Database, Interview with Brandon Sanderson 🔖[edit]
URL: http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2524093
- She interviewed Brandon Sanderson for issue 50 of Deep Magic, published in June 2016 🔖
Deep Magic, About Us 🔖[edit]
URL: https://deepmagic.co/about-us/
- She is on the board of directors of Deep Magic, a quarterly science fiction and fantasy magazine 🔖
Internet Speculative Fiction Database, Aeos 🔖[edit]
URL: http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2338801
- She wrote a poem entitled "Aeos" for Leading Edge in December 2010 🔖
Spellbreaker, Kirkus Reviews[edit]
URL: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/charlie-n-holmberg/spellbreaker-holmberg/
- Kirkus Reviews wrote of Spellbreaker: "Timely discussions of race, class, disability, and gender turn up throughout Holmberg's magic-infused version of Victorian England."
Interview with Charlie Holmberg, Kayla Wactor, Pine Reads Review 🔖[edit]
URL: https://www.pinereadsreview.com/blog/interview-with-charlie-holmberg/
- Holmberg decided to limit her characters in her The Paper Magician series to be able to manipulate only one man-made material after being taught by Brandon Sanderson that "limits are more interesting than the powers themselves" 🔖
- She has stated that "sometimes current pop culture trickles into [her] novels," and cited Downton Abbey and Stranger Things as examples. 🔖
- She chose to write fantasy over science fiction so that she wouldn't be bound by rules of science in her writing. 🔖
- Followed by Frost originated as an idea Holmberg had while scraping snow off of her car. 🔖
Interview with Charlie N. Holmberg, Writing for Children podcast[edit]
URL: https://www.instituteforwriters.com/interview-with-charlie-n-holmberg/
- Holmberg has also written five standalone novels 🔖
- She has three sisters 🔖
- As of 2020, her kids were 6 and 3 years old 🔖
- She writes in the mornings, and occasionally at night 🔖
FANBASE PRESS INTERVIEWS CHARLIE N. HOLMBERG ON THE NOVEL, ‘THE WILL AND THE WILDS’, Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press[edit]
- She has described herself as "more of a standalone writer than ... a series writer" 🔖
- Her focus in writing is to make the reader "feel something." 🔖
Your Mom Writes Books podcast, About[edit]
URL: https://yourmomwritesbooks.wixsite.com/my-site/home
- She hosts the podcast Your Mom Writes Books with Caitlyn McFarland 🔖