AUTHOR CRUSH FRIDAY: LAUREN OLIVER
Glitter girls, you have pressing questions for your favorite authors and we have their answers. Welcome to our weekly segment, Author Crush Fridays.
We love asking questions and we love the answers from some of our favorite authors. Today we’re talking to Lauren Oliver, author of Vanishing Girls (Mar. 10, 2015; HarperCollins). Thank you for talking to us today, Lauren! We’re honored!
GLITTER: For those who haven’t read your work yet, how would you describe your writing style?
LAUREN: “Lyrical” is a word that I hear a lot. I’m really a language geek. I spend my free time making up metaphors. I’m really into characters–also, I’m really into describing trees. Don’t ask. I just am.
GLITTER: How does Vanishing Girls differ from your Delirium series?
LAUREN: It’s very different! It’s a realistic standalone whereas Delirium is a dystopian trilogy. At its heart, VANISHING GIRLS is a story of sisterhood and identity. But there’s romance in it too, of course.
GLITTER: What one message would you like readers to walk away with when they’re done reading Vanishing Girls?
LAUREN: I guess I hope in all of my books there’s some message of hope and forgiveness, the idea that things get better, that no one ends up broken.
GLITTER: Describe Vanishing Girls in 160 characters or less.
LAUREN: Two sisters, once inseparable, are devastated after a near-fatal accident that leaves one of them scarred. Secrets and lies are exposed. Read it!
GLITTER: Did you always want to be an author? Did you ever feel like giving up? Did you receive rejection letters in the beginning? How did you get over them?
LAUREN: I always knew I would write. I’ve been writing since I was a little kid. In my early twenties I wrote several manuscripts that were never published–but no, I never felt like giving up. I don’t even think I could give up writing, physically. It would be like trying to give up eating. I might make it a day or two but then I’d collapse!
GLITTER: What are you currently working on?
LAUREN: I’m working on a new teen book, and a new adult book!
Lauren Oliver is the author of the young adult novels Before I Fall and Panic¸ as well as the books in the Delirium trilogy—Delirium, Pandemonium, and Requiem—which have been translated into more than thirty languages and are New York Times and international bestsellers. She is also the author of a novel for adults,Rooms, and two novels for middle-grade readers, Liesl & Po and The Spindlers. A graduate of the University of Chicago and NYU’s MFA program, Lauren Oliver is also the co-founder of the boutique literary development company Paper Lantern Lit. Visit her online at www.laurenoliverbooks.com.
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