(The circumstances are: the music has to be Lizzo.) How does one go about becoming a Cat Master/ Deputy, because I’d love to be deputized!? Always does her dishes, wears headphones to listen to music, will join in on dance parties under limited circumstances. (He’s taking it like a champ.) On the other, if I could go with someone more pragmatic, I would probably pick Corporal Lakima. On the one hand, I’m already more or less self-isolating with Barf, because she’s based on my cat Boo. If you could choose any of your characters to self-isolate with, who would you pick and why? The Faithless Hawk continues those themes, but also pushes Fie in new ways: now that she has certain weapons and powers other Crows don’t, what is the right way to use them-and who gets to decide that? And later, as she decides to confront the queen herself, she also has to grapple with the reality that the problem may not be solved by slaying one monster in a fancy crown. The Merciful Crow was about privilege, systemic oppression, and who really pays the price of upholding abusive systems. Fie is being raised to lead her band of Crows when, one day, the crown prince and his bodyguard drag them into an elaborate plot to flee the prince’s usurping stepmother, who plans to unite the rest of the nation against the Crows. As the only caste immune to a deadly plague, but also the only caste not born with an innate magic, the Crows are limited to containing the plague and burning the dead for a living. The duology is about a girl named Fie, who was born into the lowest of her nation’s castes, the Crows. It’s also the sequel to The Merciful Crow, so you’re going to be very confused if you pick it up first. (I did take a couple detours along the way.)Īs for The Faithless Hawk, it’s my second book! I can’t believe they let me write more than one. Please continue to social distance.) I currently live in Seattle with two enormous cats, and I decided to be an author when I was in fourth grade. There’s not much to say about me, other than I was a semi-cryptid shut-in before it was cool! (And by cool I mean safe and healthy.

Now, on to the interview! Could you tell us about yourself and about The Faithless Hawk? Also, if you’re at all enticed by cats, there are CATS in this book, and they have exactly the personality you think they would. I promise you have not read anything like this before. If you’re looking for stories about fierce young women who’ll just about topple a nation to defend her people, this is the one you want on your list. If you haven’t picked up either of these titles, I definitely suggest it.

I’m so incredibly pleased (honestly, I’m on a cloud) about getting to interview Margaret Owen for the second time on The Nerd Daily! She is the incredible author of The Merciful Crow and its sequel The Faithless Hawk.

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