An Interview with Douglas Bain: Author of The Race to the Blackened Nevers, Winner of the 2019 SPR Book Awards
Douglas Bain lived in seven countries by the age of ten, and used the next couple of decades to rack-up as many careers. The Woeful Wager, Book 1 of the new dark, fantasy series “The Race to the Blackened Nevers” is his first novel. He lives in Toronto with his wife and two dogs who howl along with him when he finally gets the page right. Follow him on Twitter @DBainWriter.
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