Lawrence M. Schoen

Welcome to another installment of asking authors about their favorite meals. This feature was inspired by my protagonist, the Amazing Conroy, who in addition to being a stage hypnotist is also very much a foodie.

This week we have Walter Jon Williams. I have to confess that for years I went all fanboy around Walter (I’m not proud of it, but I can’t deny it either). Last year I got over it by attending his master class, the Taos Toolbox. It’s hard to be starstruck when you’re busy learning from one of the best in the business.

Walter’s oeuvre is far too massive and complex to go into here, but if you haven’t read Aristoi or Metropolitan (just to name two) then you need to shut off your computer right now and go do so. His latest novel, Deep State, is a sequel to This Is Not A Game and may be one of the best examples of cutting edge (very) near future fiction out there. Walter’s also begun releasing some of his backlist as ebooks, including the delightful trilogy featuring Drake Maijstral, and again if you haven’t read The Crown Jewels what are you waiting for? Huh. I guess I’ve still got a bit of the fan boy in me, but you will too after you read Walter’s answer to the question below.