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SFF Addicts Ep. 179: Jay Kristoff talks Empire of the Dawn, Vampires, Creative Reinvention & More

November 4, 2025 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Episode 179 of SFF Addicts has arrived!

Join co-hosts M.J. Kuhn and Greta Kelly as they chat with bestselling author Jay Kristoff about his new novel Empire of the Dawn, writing vampires and monstrous characters, (un)reliable narrators, handling heavy themes, the costs of victory, creative reinvention, shifting genres, writing for younger audiences, approaches to beautiful yet brutal prose, Tolkien and the magic of fantasy books and much more.

NOTE: This is part one of a two-part chat with Jay. Stayed tuned next week for his writing masterclass on Planning a Trilogy.


Jay Kristoff is the bestselling author of Nevernight, Empire of the Vampire and more. His latest release is Empire of the Dawn, which you can pre-order ⁠here⁠.

Find Jay on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠his personal website⁠.


Episode 179 is available to stream and download on:

Anchor | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Podcast Addict | Amazon Music | Overcast | RadioPublic | Pocket Casts | Breaker | Podbay

You can also watch the episode below via the FanFiAddict YouTube channel or on Spotify, and the full episode archive for the show is available here. Check out the SFF Addicts Twitter or Instagram accounts for more frequent updates.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Empire of the Dawn, Empire of the Vampire, Greta Kelly, Interview, Jay Kristoff, M. J. Kuhn, Masterclass, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, St. Martin's Press

About Adrian M. Gibson

Adrian M. Gibson is a Canadian writer, tattoo artist and illustrator living in Quito, Ecuador. He has been a fantasy and sci-fi reader since he was a kid, growing up on stories from J. R. R. Tolkien, Brian Jacques, C. S. Lewis, Madeline l’Engle and more, as well as anime and comic books. Now, his love of the genres comes through in everyday life, seeping into his writing, tattoos and illustrations. There are few aspects of fantasy and sci-fi that he dislikes, but cyberpunk and near-future sci-fi are what really grab him—even better if it’s a character-driven story.

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