Episode 646-With Katherine Villyard

The Functional Nerds Podcast

This week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Katherine Villyard, author of IMMORTAL GIFTS.

About IMMORTAL GIFTS: Prussia, 1841. Abraham only ever wanted to play violin. Hiding his Jewish status so he can study at the prestigious Berlin Academy of Music, the eager young man is delighted to find a patron who believes in him. But he’s mortified when his new friend turns him into a vampire… and Abraham earns the fury of an ancient antisemite who vows to see him permanently dead.

Fleeing the hate-mongering fiend across the decades, the sensitive violinist at last settles in twenty-first-century New Jersey with a mortal woman. But when he discovers his relentless tormentor has tracked him down yet again, Abraham despairs he’ll never find true happiness.

With everyone he’s ever loved at risk, can he escape the rage of a ruthless bigot?

About Katherine Villyard: Katherine Villyard was born in Dallas, Texas. Her father was civilian support for the military, so she moved every two years and attended four different high schools. The most exotic one to US readers will probably be Kaiserslautern American High School in Germany, but her favorite was Arts Magnet High School at Booker T. Washington in Dallas, where she studied theater. She also went through a phase where she wore a lot of white dresses and sat in windowsills writing (bad) poetry; what she called her “Emily Dickinson phase.”

Katherine is a former Microsoft MVP in Enterprise Security and Cloud and Datacenter Management, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, a member of the Horror Writers Association, and the President of Broad Universe. She has a tendency to develop nerdy fascinations and research binge. Previous topics include Pueblo pottery, Navajo weaving, Pre-Columbian art, Frida Kahlo, Percy and Mary Shelley, and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Her work has appeared in Escape Pod, Electric Velocipede, and Fantastic Stories of the Imagination.

When she’s not writing, working, or research binging, she’s probably spoiling cats or playing The Sims.

This week’s picks:

• Katherine: ONYX BOOX Note 3 – E Ink
• Tracy: Patrick Hester (ARGH /dies of embarassment)
• Patrick #1: Star Trek: Lower Decks Series Finale (Paramount+)
• Patrick #2: Arcane: League of Legends Series Finale (Netflix)

Links:

• Katherine Villyard on Instagram
• Tracy Townsend on the network formerly known as Twitter
• Patrick Hester on Instagram
• The Functional Nerds Patreon Page

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