Category: Author Interview
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Sathyaraj Natarajan, author of Looped
What inspires you to write? Life, mostly. The people around me, my own experiences, and the big questions about time, love, and second chances. Losing my mother pushed me toward poetry, and my visual work with large LED shows for live events keeps feeding my imagination — I tend to think in images and scenes.…
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Divine Onyejiuwa, author of Marbiee and the Ugly Duckling
When did you first consider yourself a writer? I think I first started considering myself a writer when my passion for acting began turning into something more. I had always loved creating scenes in my head, especially after watching movies, and I would imagine characters, conversations, and entire moments playing out in my mind. Eventually,…
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Katherine A. Sherbrooke, author of This Much is True
What have you written so far? So far, I’ve published a family memoir and four novels. Two of my novels are contemporary fiction: Fill the Sky, and my latest, This Much is True, while two are historical novels, including The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly, which was chosen as Pop Sugar’s #1 historical novel of…
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Brenna Kasey, author of Voidwalker
Why did you choose to write in your genre? I’ve always written fantasy. As a kid, I grew up with Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z. Indiana Jones and Han Solo were my first-ever crushes (and obviously Harrison Ford is real cute too!) World of Warcraft became popular during my adolescence, and Halo too (I…
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R.A. Hewitt, author of The Universe Without Noise
Why did you choose to write in your genre? Science fiction lets me take something that already exists and move it one or two steps forward until its consequences become impossible to ignore. I am interested in technology, but even more in the incentives, assumptions, and compromises built around it. A near-future setting keeps those…
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Malik A. Ahmed, author of Eyes of Fire
What inspires you to write? My inspiration comes from the deep mysteries of human nature and survival under immense pressure. My debut novel was inspired by a haunting dream where my protagonist, Victoria Stevens, visited me crying, with her mouth completely and smoothly sealed by her own skin rather than stitched with thread. That image…
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Janette DeFelice, author of The Last Pirouette
What inspires you to write? Writing helps me sort out my thoughts. It’s as simple as that. For me, there’s not some grand inspiration that transports me magically to my laptop to start putting words on a page. It’s not like that at all. My writing is oftentimes borne out of frustration. Frustration that there’s…
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Erin Tunney, author of Beast Heart Series
What inspires you to write? The inspiration usually happens when I have a “What if” moment. A simple thought from what I see and hear around me. I even had a few dreams that I thought would be great novels! Actually, one of the books I’m currently writing is based on one! Why did you…
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Debadrita Sarkar, author of Awakening of Soul
What inspires you to write? Mother Nature’s beautiful sights, life’s lessons, mythology, history, human rights, social rights, etc. When did you first consider yourself a writer? Though I started writing during the late lockdown days at the age of 12, I started considering myself a writer at the age of 14 when I determined to…
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Ana Ling Yuan, author of Between Grief and Grace
What inspires you to write? What really inspired me to write was nature and love. I felt like it deserved to be on paper so other people can fall in love with nature and understand the complexities of love. Why did you choose to write in your genre? I think I write best in romance…
