Terry Moore, creator of Strangers In Paradise and Echo, will present on our final program for TLA. He joins Kean Soo, Svetlana Chmakova, and Derek Kirk Kim as Mavericks of YA Graphic Novels on Friday, 8-9:20 a.m.

Have you attended TLA before? If so, what advice do you have for new authors?

TM: Yes, I've been to TLA before. I recommend new authors bring YA friendly books. I seemed to meet an awful lot of YA librarians at TLA.

What is your preferred method of writing and why -- laptop, longhand, typewriter?

TM: I prefer writing on a bar napkin in Hawaii, but I make do with a laptop in Texas.

Favorite books of the past year

TM: From Hell, by Alan Moore (just got around to reading it)

Favorite books from your YA years

TM: The Mallory Towers series by Enid Blyton, Tin Tin by Herge, The James Bond series by Ian Fleming (read them all when I was 11 and spent the rest of the school year with one eyebrow raised)

Finish this sentence. The perfect vacation is...

TM: …a song by The Beach Boys about a place we can’t go.

MySpace or Facebook?

TM: Both.

BBQ or Tex-Mex?

TM: Both, please.

Finish this sentence. Libraries are…

TM: …where I keep all my favorite books.

Do you have a blog, website, or other online presence that you would like to share with us?

TM: Yes, thank you. Go to abstractstudiocomics.com. I can also be found on MySpace, Facebook and Twitter.