Nadya is filled with complicated feelings about faith and religion, while Malachiasz has the habit of finger-picking and becomes anxious very often. The other two essential characters in her novel include Nadya and Malachiasz, who also have some character traits similar to hers. And as Serefin thinks like her, Duncan found it quite easy to write about him. Just like her, Duncan is also perpetually exhausted most of the time. She feels that this character resembles her in many ways. Out of the characters created by her in her debut book, Duncan is able to relate mostly to Serefin. And it made sense to her when she decided to write a story about monsters and religion set in a fantasy world based on 2 countries where the two things play an important role in their folklore and culture. Duncan says that she has always been attracted to the locations of Eastern Europe, particularly Russia. The game inspired her so much that she came up with the idea of developing a novel set in its neat atmosphere.

One evening in college, Duncan was playing the game instead of finishing her homework and got too involved in it. The inspiration behind writing her first book, Wicked Saints, came from the online role-playing game called Skyrim. When she does not have anything at hand to keep herself busy, she likes to indulge in rating books on online platforms. Author Duncan is represented by a literary agent named Thao Le at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency. In her spare time, she likes to play dungeons & dragons and online video games. Most of the time, Duncan can be found writing or reading her favorite stories. During her time at the university, she learned how to find obscure texts of Slavic folklore by using the interlibrary loan systems. Author Duncan obtained her Master’s degree from Kent State University in the subject of library science. Her full-time job is in the field of the youth service library.

She is particularly popular for writing her books, Ruthless Gods and Wicked Saints. Duncan is an NYT bestselling American novelist of young adult and fantasy stories.

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