What is Jane Lindskold reading?

Featured at Writers Read: Jane Lindskold, author of Artemis Awakening.

Her entry begins:

Back in February, I turned in the sequel for Artemis Awakening over to my editor at Tor. Up until then, my reading had mostly been either research or through audio books. In audio books, I went on a rather weird binge, alternating social farces by P.G. Wodehouse with re-reads of many of the Spenser crime/detective novels by Robert B. Parker.

When I did read print that wasn’t research, it was usually before bed and chosen at random. I read Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane; Patricia McKillip’s The Sorceress and the Cygnet and The Cygnet and the Firebird; and several novels by Clifford Simak. I also read short story collections by Paul Dellinger and Charles de Lint.

However, once my manuscript was turned in, I went on a reading binge. I read the entire of Garth Nix’s “Keys to the Kingdom” series, which was quite good...[read on]

About Artemis Awakening, from the publisher:

Artemis Awakening is the start of a new series by New York Times bestseller Jane Lindskold. The distant world Artemis is a pleasure planet created out of bare rock by a technologically advanced human empire that provided its richest citizens with a veritable Eden to play in. All tech was concealed and the animals (and the humans brought to live there) were bioengineered to help the guests enjoy their stay…but there was always the possibility of danger so that visitors could brag that they had “bested” the environment.

The Empire was shattered in a horrific war; centuries later humanity has lost much of the advanced technology and Artemis is a fable told to children. Until young archeologist Griffin Dane finds intriguing hints that send him on a quest to find the lost world. Stranded on Artemis after crashing his ship, he encounters the Huntress Adara and her psych-linked companion, the puma Sand Shadow. Their journey with her will lead Dane to discover the planet’s secrets…and perhaps provide a key to give unimagined power back to mankind.

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