Summary: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Within-Sanctuary-Wings-Memoir-Memoirs/dp/0765377659"></a>In episode 316 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with <a href="http://www.swantower.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Marie Brennan</a>,author of The Memoirs of Lady Trent – a five-book series chronicling the adventures and discoveries of Isabella, Lady Trent, renowned dragon naturalist. The latest book, <a href="http://www.swantower.com/writing/within-sanctuary-wings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Within the Sanctuary of Wings</a>, is available today!<br> About Marie:<br> Marie Brennan holds an undergraduate degree in archaeology and folklore from Harvard, and completed graduate coursework in cultural anthropology and folklore at Indiana University in Bloomington. She now misapplies her professors’ hard work by using it as inspiration for her fantasy novels and short stories.<br> At present she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she spends her time playing piano, studying shorin-ryu karate, dabbling in amateur photography, and playing a variety of role-playing games.<br> Her first novel was published in 2004. Since then she has sold a dozen books and more than forty short stories.<br> This week’s picks:<br> <br> * Marie: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ninefox-Gambit-Yoon-Ha-Lee/dp/1781084491" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nine Fox Gambit</a> by Yoon Ha Lee<br> * John: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Talent-Code-Greatness-Born-Grown/dp/055380684X/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How</a> by Daniel Coyle<br> * Patrick: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Traveler-Worlds-Conversations-Robert-Silverberg/dp/1933846631" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Traveler of Worlds: Conversations with Robert Silverberg</a> by Robert Silverberg and Alvaro Zinos-Amaro<br> <br> Links:<br> <br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/swan_tower" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Marie Brennan on Twitter</a><br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/johnanealio" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">John Anealio on Twitter</a><br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/atfmb" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Patrick Hester on Twitter</a><br> * <a href="https://www.patreon.com/functionalnerds?ty=h" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Functional Nerds Patreon Page</a><br> * Patrick’s New Book: <a href="http://www.atfmb.com/samantha-kane-book-one-into-the-fire/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Into the Fire (available everywhere)</a><br> <br> © 2017 Patrick Hester and John Anealio<br> This podcast contains original music by John Anealio.<br>
