In which we welcome Fonda Lee to talk about the cult of celebrity, her novel, and giveaway a copy of Zeroboxer! Today we are delighted to host a guest post from debut author Fonda Lee as we celebrate the release of Zeroboxer – a YA novel about a rising athlete in weightless combat sport zeroboxing. Here to talk about her book and the inspirations and influences behind it, please give a warm welcome to Fonda Lee! Sports Celebrity and Zero Boxer Before I became a science fiction and fantasy novelist, I had a perfectly practical and respectable corporate career working in corporate strategy at Nike. Once, I was in a room with LeBron James. I was on a team of people presenting our star athlete with product and marketing plans. LeBron was perhaps twenty-two years old at the time. He leaned back in his chair, a huge young man who dwarfed us suits around the table. He looked bored as we showed him financial figures, but perked up and got excited when we brought out the mock-ups of his signature shoe. At one point, he got up and adjusted the waistband of his shorts. He had requested Portland’s famous Voodoo […]