Jason Nahrung interviews Justine Larbalestier about writing, travelling, and her new books Magic Lessons and Daughters of Earth.

She laments the limitations on Daughters of Earth which meant not including stories by luminaries such as Suzy McKee Charnas, Ursula K. Le Guin and Joanna Russ.

I’m intrigued by this and would like to know what the limitations were — and if the difficulty was simply a matter of space, does it leave open the possibility of a second Daughters of Earth collection?

The cover of Daughters of Earth, by the way, is a gorgeous piece by our own Cat Sparks. You need to see it in the full trade paperback size to do it justice, so consider this a teaser.