Kathryn HoffJan 251 minSneak preview: Project HannibalStuck at home for the last ten months, I've immersed myself in thinking about the future. The result: a new science fiction book, Project...
Kathryn HoffJan 152 minDanger to Earth: Climate change threatens the permafrost2020 was a terrible year. We’re all hoping 2021 will reign in the coronavirus, stem the death and destruction the disease has caused, eas...
Kathryn HoffSep 17, 20201 minOne year means so much...One year ago, I published my first book! The last year has let me publish the full Sparrowhawk series, three books I'd been working on fo...
Kathryn HoffAug 18, 20201 minDrilling for oil in a pristine refugeEarth is running a fever. From 100°F in Siberia to 130°F in Death Valley, summer temps in 2020 are setting grim records and fires so inte...
Kathryn HoffAug 8, 20202 minBringing back the mammoths!During the Covid-19 pandemic, I've been working on a great new science fiction book: Project Hannibal. The story is inspired by the scien...
Kathryn HoffJun 2, 20202 min"Shameful!"If ever there was an impeachable offense, this is it: the US President mobilizing federal forces to attack and tear-gas peaceful citizens...
Kathryn HoffMay 18, 20201 minRe-purpose the shopping mallsLots of office-oriented businesses, including government, are finding they don't have enough floor space to bring their employees back to...
Kathryn HoffMay 8, 20202 minWatching my story come trueI wrote my pandemic novel Eclipsed in 2017, two years before Covid-19. While I was writing, I tried to imagine what the US would be like ...
Kathryn HoffMar 30, 20202 minScience fiction to the rescueAs a science fiction writer, I spend a lot of time considering what the future may look like. For my book Eclipsed, which takes place in ...
Kathryn HoffMar 20, 20201 minIndie Fantasy and Sci Fi booksSome friends put together a list of fantasy and sci fi books by indie authors we know. Need something new and different to read? Download...
Kathryn HoffFeb 4, 20201 minA terrifying epidemic, racing to find a cure...... and I'm racing to get out my newest book, Eclipsed. Scheduled for release in March! The Eclipse epidemic has caused millions of death...
Kathryn HoffJan 24, 20201 minThe new Sparrowhawk book is coming!The cover artists have provided a great cover my new book, Fugitive. I'm going through the last stages of editing for Patch and Kojo's th...
Kathryn HoffJan 16, 20201 minThe warmest decade on record2018 global temperature data: higher than average (1951–1980) temperatures are shown in red, lower than normal temperatures are in blue. ...
Kathryn HoffJan 5, 20201 minAnother nail in our coffinsIn another betrayal of our future, the Trump administration proposes to instruct US federal agencies to no longer consider climate change...
Kathryn HoffJan 1, 20202 minScience abuse and neglectSomething wonderful—and frightening—happened at the US Environmental Protection Agency this week: The EPA’s panel of science advisers pus...
Kathryn HoffDec 12, 20191 min"Another world is possible" As a science fiction writer, I spend a lot of time with my head in the stars, imagining other worlds. Right now, I'm having a hard time i...
Kathryn HoffNov 18, 20191 minOK, Boomer: We've let our children down, but we can act nowMy generation had great hopes and great intentions. As hippies, we yearned to celebrate and protect Mother Earth. We failed, utterly. And...
Kathryn HoffOct 13, 20191 minWhat's next for the Sparrowhawk crew?Ghost Ship! The sequel to Bloodstone is finished and going for final edits. This is the fun part: working on the cover and putting the fi...
Kathryn HoffSep 20, 20191 minMore important than your grade point average. Three billion birds have been lost from North America in the last 50 years. It's a shameful legacy to leave our children and grandchildre...
Kathryn HoffSep 17, 20192 minAbout BloodstoneWhen did you start writing Bloodstone? I’d had the story circulating in my head for a while, but I started writing this story in earnest ...