This week brings a special episode where Mike chats with Claudia Gray; writer of 4 canon Star Wars books (Lost Stars, Bloodline, Leia: Princess Of Alderaan and Master & Apprentice), the upcoming High Republic novel; Into The Dark and several non-Star Wars book series too!

In more detail, Mike’s conversation with Claudia begins with Claudia’s writing process before going into her advice to would-be writers, her Star Wars & non-Star-Wars audiences, her recommended non-Star-Wars books, as well as relationships & duality in Star Wars, the “grey area” of good & evil in narratives, developing Amilyn Holdo’s character pre-The Last Jedi, how Claudia & Cavan Scott collaborated when making Master & Apprentice and Dooku Jedi Lost, differences in writing comics & books, Claudia’s take on what makes a “young adult” book and more!

Claudia’s Site: http://www.claudiagray.com/- Twitter https://twitter.com/claudiagray– Claudia also recommended her non-Star-Wars books; the Firebird trilogy and the Constellation trilogy!

Mike's reviewed Master & Apprentice on episode 28 of SWCIC too, so make sure you check that out!

This episode also aired on Mike's other podcast; Genuine Chit-Chat where he speaks with a different guest each week about a wide array of topics where no subject is off limits – GCC can be listened to in the same place you’re listening to this show, so there’s no excuse to not check it out!

Mike appeared on a recent episode of Comics On Trial, prosecuting Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker against Tony of Indie Comics Spotlight with Mike’s occasional co-host Megan as the judge (6th December): https://spoti.fi/3otJN5I

Mike was on episode 42 of Indie Comics Spotlight, him & Tony spoke with Mark Russell, author of Second Coming & Billionaire Island, found on the feed of Comics In Motion!

Email Mike at [email protected] or find him on social media @GenuineChitChat on Twitter, @Genuine_ChitChat on Instagram and /GenuineChitChat on Facebook!