Episode #210: C2E2 Day 2 – S.L. Huang (Author of Zero Sum Game, Null Set, Critical Point), Kami Garcia & Jason Badower (Author and Artists of D.C. Black Label’s Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity)

Fresh is the Word Podcast Episode #210: C2E2 Day 2 - S.L. Huang, Kami Garcia & Jason Badower
(S.L. Huang's photo by Chris Massa, Kami Garcia & Jason Badower's photo courtesy of Jason Badower's Facebook)

Episode #210: C2E2 Day 2 – S.L. Huang, Kami Garcia & Jason Badower – IN THIS EPISODE:

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On this episode, we go back to my second day at this year’s C2E2 convention in Chicago and you get hear my talks with first, bestselling author S.L. Huang, who is about to release her new book Critical Point. Then after that, I talk to the team behind D.C. Black Label’s Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity, writer Kami Garcia and artist Jason Badower.

Along with being a bestselling author, S.L. Huang has a math degree from MIT and is a weapons expert and professional stuntwoman who has worked in Hollywood on Battlestar Galactica and a number of other productions. Huang’s latest book due out on April 28th, Critical Point, is the third in her Cas Russell series following Zero Sum Game and Null Set. During our chat with talk about this series based on this character that is a math-genius mercenary, along with her background in math and as a stuntwoman, along with representation in literature and the different ways to be a nerd (haha).

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Follow S.L. Huang:
Web: slhuang.com
Twitter: twitter.com/sl_huang

With Kami Garcia and Jason Badower, we talk about Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity and its authenticity from a mental health aspect, along with how this project came to be and how it’s since influenced their other projects. And since Jason Badower is Australian, we had to talk about coffee!

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Follow Kami Garcia:
Web: kamigarcia.com
Twitter: twitter.com/kamigarcia
Instagram: instagram.com/kamigarcia
Facebook: facebook.com/kamigarciaYA

Follow Jason Badower:
Web: jasonbadower.com
Facebook: facebook.com/Jason-Badower-219122454787596
Twitter: twitter.com/jasonbadower
Instagram: instagram.com/jasonbadower

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