Malinda Lo

Several people have asked me lately if there’s going to be a sequel to Ash, so I thought I’d address this on my blog. (I’ve also added it to the Ash FAQ.)

The short answer is: No. I have never planned to write a sequel to Ash.

The requests for a sequel are very flattering, because it shows that some of you, at least, liked Ash enough to want to spend more time in that world with those characters. Thank you! But I feel that Ash’s story is complete, and I won’t be writing a sequel. (Also, I’m pretty sure Ash has a fairly boring — though very happy — life after the end of the book. There really wouldn’t be much to write about!)

That’s not to say that I’m finished with Ash’s world, though. I am working on another book that is set in the same world. It takes place several hundreds of years earlier, and is the story of the first huntress in the Kingdom (this huntress was not mentioned in any of the fairy tales told in Ash, by the way). It’s a fantasy novel with lots of adventure and some romance. There are no crossover characters; there are lesbians. Currently, it’s scheduled to be published in the fall of 2010.