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Melissa Blair

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Canada
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Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal

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Melissa (she/her/kwe) is an Anishinaabekwe of mixed ancestry living in Turtle Island. She splits her time between Treaty 9 in Northern Ontario and the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabeg in Ottawa, Canada. She has a graduate degree in Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies, loves movies, and hates spoons. Melissa has a BookTok account where she discusses her favorite kinds of books including Indigenous and queer fiction, feminist literature, and non-fiction. A Broken Blade is her first novel.

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Melissa Blair I was reading a lot of paranormal fantasy at the beginning of 2021 because of BookTok. I realized most of the books had two things in common: the stor…moreI was reading a lot of paranormal fantasy at the beginning of 2021 because of BookTok. I realized most of the books had two things in common: the story centered around a sassy female main character who was good with a blade & she existed in a colonial society but that theme was not addressed thoroughly in the book. A Broken Blade came to me sitting on my couch wondering what I would write with these tropes and in this genre. Everything in the book is informed by my perspective as an Indigenous person with knowledge of how colonialism has and continues to impact Turtle Island. The themes of colonialism and indigeneity I explore in the first book will only continue to develop throughout The Halfling Saga. (less)
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“Shadows were largest just before sunset, but lost their power when night inevitably fell. For Shadows don't exist in the dark.”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade
tags: darkness, power, shadows
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“A broken blade can be mended.”
― Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade
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“You might be in pain, but you still have purpose.”
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