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“Emily A. Duncan was born and raised in Ohio and works as a youth services librarian. She received a Master’s degree in library science from Kent State University, which mostly taught her how to find obscure Slavic folklore texts through interlibrary loan systems. When not reading or writing, she enjoys playing copious amounts of video games and dungeons and dragons. She is represented by Thao Le of the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency.”

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What inspires you about Eastern European cultures?

Emily A. Duncan Everything is monsters and every problem has some explanation that is, well, a monster. Have you fainted from the heat? It was a monster (Poludnitsa/P…moreEverything is monsters and every problem has some explanation that is, well, a monster. Have you fainted from the heat? It was a monster (Poludnitsa/Południca). Something wrong with your animals? Is the dvorovoi upset with you? And so on and so forth.

In Polish folklore everything is probably vampires.

There's a maintaining of superstition and old magic in Eastern European folktales and culture that is deeply fascinating to me. I like playing in that sandbox. (less)

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Hi Emily! I was just reading the blurb for Wicked Saints and am so excited to read it. I'm a Youth Services librarian down here in FL, and I also have dreams of writing a YA fantasy series. I'm so excited to see a fellow YS librarian achieve their writing dreams. :) How did you find the time to write and get published while also working? How are you able to live the dream lol!? Thanks! -Jenna

Emily A. Duncan Hi, thank you! full disclosure I wrote WS when i was in grad school and working a part time reference assistant job that had a lot of down time. BUT I…moreHi, thank you! full disclosure I wrote WS when i was in grad school and working a part time reference assistant job that had a lot of down time. BUT I wrote the sequel while working a full time youth services librarian job and it is! hard! I have to manage my time carefully and I have a very... structured social life. there is an 11 day stretch of last year that I don't remember because i hit a deadline and was churning out 3-4k words every day just in a desperate attempt to finish.

So, I'm not going to say it's easy because it's really hard! But it's absolutely possible, and it's nice if your coworkers know that your brain is melting because of writing and cut you a little slack lol. (less)

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	Wicked Saints (Something Dark and Holy, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 32,375 ratings — published 2019 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ruthless Gods (Something Dark and Holy, #2) 3.77 avg rating — 10,730 ratings — published 2020 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blessed Monsters (Something Dark and Holy, #3) 3.55 avg rating — 4,273 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crows on Heartstrings: An Anthology of Doomed Love Stories by Aubrey Meeks (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Shannon Ellison (Contributor), Emily A. Duncan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.34 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	F(r)iction #13, Spring 2019: The Comeback Issue by Dani Hedlund (Editor), Jason Baltazar, Nick Flynn 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“We're all monsters, Nadya, some of us just hide it better than others.”
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“Dazzle the monsters, Nadya. You've already charmed the worst of the lot; the rest should be easy.”
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“Oh, is this how it goes? I'm murdered and everyone has orders to kill me on sight? Just to rub it in?”
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