Rachel Hawkins - The TeenBookCon Interview

Today on the blog, we’re checking in with Rachel Hawkins to see what she’s been up to lately and let you get a bit more info about her before meeting her in just a few short days at TeenBookCon…

TeenBookCon:  Did you find it hard to balance the paranormal aspects of Hex Hall with the humor you infused in Sophie's character?

Rachel Hawkins:  Sometimes! I admit, it's hard to have characters cracking jokes when people are dying left and right! ;-) But one of my biggest influences on the Hex Hall series was Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so I tried to use that show as a good example of how humor and darkness can still go together well.

TBC:  If you could be paranormal yourself, which would you choose (vampire, shapeshifter, etc.)?

RH:  Ooh, witch FOR SURE! Those powers are a lot more limitless!

TBC:  What are your top three "Books to have if stranded on a desert island"?

RH:  The Witching Hour by Anne Rice. Seriously, I could read that book over and over again, and find new little details every time. Love it.

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, because I've been trying to read it for the past 6 years, and a desert island would DEFINITELY offer that opportunity, haha!

And, (cheating!) The complete set of Anne of Green Gables. Those were some of my favorite stories as a kid.

TBC:  Do you have any upcoming book projects you can tell us about?

RH:   In addition to the third Hex Hall book, I have a new trilogy starting with Rebel Belle coming out in Summer 2012. It's about a high school Queen Bee who accidentally gets super powers. Then, in 2013, I'll have a spin-off of the Hex Hall series!

TBC:  That’s a full schedule! Well, thanks so much Rachel, for taking the time to talk to us today and let our teens get to know you a bit better in anticipation of meeting you this weekend at TeenBookCon!

Rachel Hawkins is the author of Hex Hall and DemonGlass. Find her on Twitter.

Rachel will be speaking on the Here There Be Ghosts…And Werewolves and Everything Else! panel with Andrea Cremer, Stacey Kade, Saundra Mitchell, and Joy Preble.

All right, guys, that’s it for today. See you back here soon for another interview. And then we’ll see you this Saturday at Alief Taylor High School with Rachel and 20 more authors and illustrators!!!