Today, we’re very happy to have Christian Schoon over today for an interview! Christian’s novel, Zenn Scarlett, is a science fiction tale about an aspiring exo-veterinarian (that is, a vet that specializes in often large and dangerous alien animal species) and her struggles as she works through her apprenticeship in a Martian cloister. Please give it up for Christian! The Book Smugglers: Your eponymous main character is studying to be an “exoveterinarian” – a particular type of vet who specializes in the care and treatment of exotic, alien creatures (most of them large, dangerous, and profoundly fascinating). Did you have fun dreaming up this idea? Were there any other books, films, or shows that inspired your extraterrestrial zoological premise? Christian: First off, thanks to the Book Smugglers for inviting me into their lair and showing me the secret hand-sign to flash in order to keep their readers from grabbing their book-stashes and running for the hidden exits… As for dreaming up Zenn Scarlett and her world, the character herself more or less materialized one day fully formed and ready to start classes at the cloister. Seriously. Very author-cliché, I know, but with my innate wired-for-SF-ness and long-standing fondness for animals, […]