Welcome back to the blog, guys. Today we’re going to talk with Kristen Tracy so you can get to know her a bit better before you meet her on 04/09/11 at TeenBOokCon! Let’s jump into the questions…
TeenBookCon: In A Field Guide for Heartbreakers, Dessy and Veronica are such opposites--are they based on people you have known in your life?
Kristen Tracy: Well, I guess I think of myself as Dessy. And every crazy alpha friend I've ever had comprises Veronica.
TBC: What is the allure of gardening on Alcatraz?
KT: After moving to San Francisco I found that I no longer touched the earth. I only touched concrete. So I needed to garden somewhere, and they were restoring the historic gardens on Alcatraz. So I signed up. It's an amazing project. I love the gardens there.
TBC: What are your top three "Books to have if stranded on a desert island"?
KT: I'd take the Bible, because it's big and has a bunch of characters and will stir memories of my childhood. I'd bring Grimm's fairy tales because there's a bunch of layers to those stories and I could textually analyze plotlines in the sand during my downtown in the afternoon. And I'd bring some sort of survival handbook that teaches me which plants and fish I could eat and also maybe how to build a signal fire.
TBC: Do you have any upcoming book projects you can tell us about?
KT: YES! My middle-grade novel THE REINVENTION OF BESSICA LEFTER just came out and it's packed with middle school drama and useful bear information. My next teen novel SHARKS & BOYS comes out this summer. It's about a group of teenagers adrift at sea in a life raft that get attacked by sharks. And I just started teaching YA novel-writing classes in the Bay Area with my friend Nina LaCour. www.writeteen.com They are awesome!
TBC: Lucky San Franciscans! Well, thanks for spending some time with us and letting our teens get to know you a little bit better. We can’t wait to meet you in person on the 9th!
Kristen Tracy is the author of Lost It, A Field Guide for Heartbreakers, Camille McPhee Fell Under the Bus, Crimes of the Sarahs, The Reinvention of Bessica Lefter and the upcoming Sharks and Boys. Find her on Twitter.
Kristen will be speaking on The Lighter Side, with Some Bumps Along the Way panel with Deb Caletti, Lindsey Leavitt, and Stephanie Perkins.
More interviews coming your way soon. See you at TeenBookCon on the 9th!
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