Joe Abercrombie answers your questions: Part 2

Last week we asked you for your questions for Joe Abercrombie and he liked them so much, instead of just five questions, he answered almost of them! Check out the first batch right here, and watch the second set of questions and answers below.

Will there be any awesome kickass female characters in Half a King (Claire)

How much involvement do you have in cover design (The enigmatically named TWM)

Did you have to tone yourself down for the new books due to the YA branding? (Ryan)

Where do your character names come from? (Ashley)

Did you draft the entire trilogy before submitting Half a King? (Kirby)

Half a King is released 3rd July 2014. Find out where you can pre-order here.

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