STEVE BENTON

Every year my wife and I go to USHHN, with the VIP passes. It is spendy, but worth it. We are going on the 27th of September, so if you are there say hello.

We'll be at Comikaze 2014 at the Los Angeles Convention Center Nov 1 and 2. I am going with my entourage - including the Valenzuela Doctor Brothers and my wife. So, if you want to go and meet me (and join me in a delicious, frosty beer) look up  http://comikazeexpo.com / and get tickets. And yes, I like beer.

I was interviewed by a book review fellow last week. He was wearing a bow tie, so I should have figured he would be one of those snotty people. Anyway, here's the transcript from the interview (which I will soon post on YouTube, against the interviewer's wishes). I = Interviewer (name deleted because he was such a whiner) M = me I : We are here with SK Benton, author of Lives of Future-Past, from the science fiction/fantasy book series The Chronicles of Max Gunnarsson. Hello SK. M: Heya I: So, why did you give the protagonist such a long-winded name? M: That’s kind of a sucky first question. Couldn’t you lead off with something like “do you like cats?” I: Why would we ask something like that? M: Well, the really cool people in my books are lycans, and are kinda related to wolves, and wolves eat cats so -    I: Are you sure about that? M: Sure about what? I: That wolves eat cats M: Um yeah, totally. My brother raises timber wolves. We feed t...