#floodpath

[emilybeemartin]

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My Published Books:

A Field Guide to Mermaids (2022, Macmillan Kids, Middle-grade illustrated science-fantasy) "An indispensable, encyclopedic resource for nature quests—mythological or otherwise." - Kirkus Starred Review

The Outlaw Road duology (Harper Collins, Epic fantasy) "This is epic fantasy done right." -Publishers Weekly Starred Review

Sunshield (2020)

Floodpath (2021)

The Creatures of Light trilogy (Harper Collins, Epic fantasy)

Woodwalker (2016)

Ashes to Fire (2017)

Creatures of Light (2018)

Official Portfolio

Redbubble Shop (Lord of the Rings merch)

INPRNT Shop (portfolio prints)

Fanworks:

Boromir Lives AU Illustrated Anthology:

Boromir Lives: Helm's Deep

Boromir Lives: Whump-Time After Pelennor

Boromir Lives: GO TO SLEEP

Boromir Lives: Aragorn's Coronation

Boromir Lives: Braiding Customs

Boromir Lives: Braiding Customs Part II

Boromir Lives: Braiding Customs Part III

Boromir Lives: Braiding Customs Part IV

Boromir Lives: Faramir and Eowyn's Wedding

Boromir Lives: Panic! At the Ballroom

Boromir Lives: It's a BABY

Boromir Lives: High Uncle of the White Tower

Boromir Lives: We Didn't Have a Choice

Boromir Lives: The Haircuts

Other Lord of the Rings comics/illustrations

The Raccoon Saga

Boromir and Faramir Swimming the Anduin

Boromir on Caradhras

Ladies of Gondor and Rohan

Legolas Ten-Year Redraw

The Three Hunters Solve a Mystery

This Stupid One that Always Makes the Rounds

Queen's Thief Illustrations (This is by no means complete; these are just some of the ones I spent the most time on.)

Official Character Lineup

The Symbolism Illustration

At the Window

QT Appreciation Week Watercolor

The Fate of All Thieves

That One Scene

Don't Lower the Point in Third!

Rooftop

Park Ranger Stuff:

Tips for Applying for NPS Jobs (note: out of date for post-2025 federal hiring changes. I'll try to update with new requirements and tips.)

[zirconbaker]

Lark’s buckler based on the Sunshield cover. I drew over the golden buckler, digitized the image as an embroidery file, and then made this! In the books Lark’s buckler is silver, but I like the gold for the sun shining off of it. Highlights and lowlights are sunny motif stitch patterns.

[bookishbabe10]

If you’ve spent twelve minutes in the Queen’s Thief fandom, you’re familiar with the art and writing of fellow superfan @emilybeemartin

Her book launch event with @meganwhalenturner was epic fun and I can’t wait to see you all at this virtual event for Floodpath!

Live Stream: Dual Book Launch with Emily B. Martin and Intisar Khanani | Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe

[cherrypie-babe]

guys I don't think you understand how much I love emily b Martin's books

[emilybeemartin]

While the Creatures of Light trilogy was my first jump into publishing, I think my second series, the Outlaw Road duology, is a stronger body of fiction.

By the time I was drafting book 1, I had found my feet as an author and had a better sense of my storytelling voice. While I love my protags from my first series, I think the three narrators from the Outlaw Road really came together as something special (oh, and the audiobooks are AH-MAZING; the voice actors did suuuuuch a good job!).

Book 1, Sunshield: A desperate outlaw, a sheltered diplomat, and a political prisoner find their paths crossing on a quest to expose a system of corruption.

Book 2, Floodpath: Imperiled by wilderness and their own tenuous alliances, Lark, Tamsin, and Veran each face massive risks to uncover the traitor threatening the fabric of society.

These books both got starred reviews from Publisher's Weekly, but they had the bad luck of releasing during the strictest parts of lockdown during 2020-2021, and as a result they got almost no hype. It was hard to know how to promote them when the world was so scary. But they weathered the worst of it and are still on bookshelves, which is the best an author can hope for. Like Creatures of Light, they should be available through your favorite book retailer (support your indies! Use bookshop.org instead of you-know-where!) or as a request through your local library (the audiobooks are on Hoopla/Libby and again, are LOVELY).

[emilybeemartin]

Little spoon Veran is a blanket-stealer.

This was a fun scene to write in Floodpath because it allowed me the backpacker's equivalent of the only-one-bed trope.

[emilybeemartin]

TODAY!

[emilybeemartin]

Our three Floodpath protagonists seem like they're enjoying their sequel, yes?

Catch Tamsin, Veran, and Lark as their journey down the Outlaw Road finishes TOMORROW!

[Picture 1: A young woman in a yellow dress peers through a shattered glass panel with a look of alarm. She is plump, with tan skin, black eyes with epicanthic folds, a rounded nose, and short black hair cut close to her scalp.

Picture 2: A young man is throwing his arms over his head to protect his face from flying wood chips against a green background blurry with rain. His eyes are squeezed shut and he's grimacing. He is of moderate build, with copper skin, ruffled black hair, and an aquiline nose, and he has a pink scar over one eyebrow. He's wearing a green tunic and has a silver ring on one finger.

Picture 3: A young woman looks angrily back over her shoulder as she rides away from a burning inferno. She is lanky, with brown skin, brown eyes, freckles on her cheeks and shoulders, dark brown dreadlocks flying with her movement, several piercings in her ear, and a swirling tattoo covering her left arm. Her pale collared shirt blows open over her collarbones. A carriage rein blurs in the foreground.

Picture 4: The covers of SUNSHIELD and FLOODPATH, with the text: The epic duology that began with SUNSHIELD concludes on March 23. The Harper Voyager publishing logo accompanies.]