Guardian Books podcast: Jane Rogers wins Arthur C Clarke award

Huffduffed by adactio on June 6th, 2012

Jane Rogers has won this year’s Arthur C Clarke award for The Testament of Jessie Lamb, her first foray into science fiction. She talks to Sarah Crown.

Fresh off the podium from collecting her Arthur C Clarke award for science fiction, veteran novelist but first-time SF author Jane Rogers talks about the thrill of winning the presitigious award, how she feels about the science fiction label, and why she chose to set a novel about the relationship between a teenager and her parents in a near-future dystopia.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2012/may/03/science-fiction-award-jane-rogers-podcast

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