Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match: where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present J.L. Delavega!   Writes: Dark-fantasy meets feminist weird western. Pray to the God of Mercy, the Revere women ride again in ASH LIKE VENGEANCE, the sequel to SMOKE AND OTHER STORMS. After lamenting the disgraceful lack of non-cliche female characters in westerns, as well as introverted characters whose introversion isn’t treated as a flaw, I decided to write the books I’d been searching for my whole life. The Revere Trilogy is my love letter to grandmothers, sisters, independence, and female strength in all its forms. Welcome to the Rim.   About: Aquarius – Restless desert spirit and lost half my soul in an unfortunate detour. ( If you’ve seen it, let me know. ) I believe in satisfying, logical endings, and chosen family always. Looking for readers who feel the same. If you like cats – I have two black ones with vampire teeth– and things with satisfying textures, we will get along just fine. If I show you to one of my favorite…

SMOKE AND OTHER STORMS is described as a “western fantasy adventure”. How would you describe the setting for this story? I think of it as the American Wild West meets 1800’s Australia. Half of the people are there to prospect and mine, the other half are violent prisoners shipped from back east so the cities don’t have to deal with them. However, the weather is savage and the bulk of the west is unmapped and toxic. It’s a do or die, kill or be killed environment, which is why the family bond the characters have is so important, they keep each other safe and alive.   What was you inspiration for this book? I grew up with all sisters and wanted to write a book that celebrates the bond between women. I also wanted it to be fun and I really love the desert, so that part was obvious. I started thinking about treasure hunt, action-adventure stories like Indiana Jones and National Treasure (still one of my favorite movies). We hardly ever get to see why the antagonists are really after the gold. We’re usually just left to assume it’s because they’re greedy. I wanted to explore the human side…