How does persistence sustain a writer through years of setbacks and rejection? How do you use these setbacks to become better as a writer? Who are Brad's writing influences? Why? What advice does he have for new writers? Find out as Sean Patrick Hazlett meets with his fifteenth guest, Dragon Award winner, Brad R. Torgersen.

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Books

Novels
The Chaplain's War
A Star-Wheeled Sky

Zenophobia Saga
Heretic: A Military Archaeological Space Adventure (The Zenophobia Saga Book 1)
Messenger: A Military Archaeological Space Adventure (The Zenophobia Saga Book 2)
Extremist: A Military Archaeological Space Adventure (The Zenophobia Saga Book 3)

Anthologies and Novellas
Light in the Deep Man-Kzin Wars XV (Man-Kzin Wars Series Book 15)
The Year's Best Military and Adventure SF, Volume 4
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 26
The Best New Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year

Biography

Brad R. Torgersen is a multi-award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer whose book A Star-Wheeled Sky won the 2019 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel at the 33rd annual DragonCon fan convention in Atlanta, GA. A prolific short fiction author, Torgersen has published stories in numerous anthologies and magazines, to include several Best Of Year editions. Brad is named in Analog magazine’s who’s who of top Analog authors, alongside venerable writers like Larry Niven, Lois McMaster Bujold, Orson Scott Card, and Robert A. Heinlein. Married for over 28 years, Brad is also a United States Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer—with multiple deployments to his credit.

Sean Patrick Hazlett’s Books

Weird World War III
Weird World War IV
Hell’s Well
Alien Abattoir and Other Stories
Alien Abattoir and Other Stories (Audio)
The Post-Apocalyptic Tourist’s Guide to the Mojave Desert

Never Give Up! (with Brad R. Torgersen)