by Alex Dueben
“If I’m not having fun, I may as well go get a desk job.”
– Cherie Priest
Cherie Priest is one of those writers who became an overnight success after more than a decade of hard work. She has two book series going on right now. Her new book is “Bloodshot,” an urban fantasy novel featuring an obsessive compulsive vampire thief nicknamed “Chesire Red” who has an ex-Navy SEAL Cuban drag queen sidekick. It’s a great, fun read with a very different take on vampires than most books offer.
For most of us, though, she is the author of “Boneshaker” and “Dreadnought,” which stand as two of the best steampunk novels. Part of a project that Priest calls “The Clockwork Century” the books stand alone but offer a very unique vision of an alternate history in which the Civil War spanned a generation and the United States looks very different. Our conversation veered from local history and the Seattle Underground tour to why zombies are the monster of our times to what makes steampunk great for ex-goths. In short, we should all hope to be as cool as Cherie Priest.
Read our interview with Cherie Priest on SuicideGirls.com.
“Bloodshot” is out now.
