Le site gemmellaward a interviewé Joe Abercrombie. C'est en anglais ici.

Extrait :
"Unlike last year’s nominee from yourself, Best Served Cold is a standalone novel, at least for now. Was that a refreshing change for you?
Joe Abercrombie : Somewhat ... with a standalone you have the advantage that you can write the whole thing then revise and edit it all as one unit, rather than being stuck with whatever you put in the first book of a series once it’s published. But it was actually quite a difficult book to write. Since my first three were parts of a series in a way this was my difficult second book, and it was a very different experience coming up with characters and ideas on a schedule, with readers waiting, rather than having years of ideas and musings to draw on."