Lisa Klein (Bloomsbury & Walker) will present on the panel Tayshas: Hot High School Authors on Wednesday, 10:15-11:50 a.m. She joins authors Sara Zarr, John Green, and Melissa Marr.
Have you attended TLA before? If so, what advice do you have for new authors?
No, this will be my first time. I've heard it's a lot of fun. It'll also be my first time in Texas (outside of an airport).
What is your preferred method of writing and why -- laptop, longhand, typewriter?
I write notes and ideas longhand, but I compose at my desktop computer. I'd love to be able to carry a laptop and write anywhere, but I need all my books and notes around me so I can look stuff up. I spread out and make a huge mess.
Favorite books of the past year
I would say, "umm" and not be able to name a single one, but now I keep a book log and can tell you every single book I read in the past 3 years. Last year's favorites include the YA titles:
Michael Grant, Gone
Mal Peet, Tamar
Frank Portman, King Dork
Neil Gaiman, Graveyard Book
Justine Larbalestier, How to Ditch Your Fairy
and "grownup" books Melissa Faye Greene, There is No Me Without You
and finally Charles Dickens, David Copperfield. What a deliciously warm and funny book!
Favorite books from your YA years
YA didn't exist when I was a YA--or I wasn't aware of it. I read Lois Lenski and Maud Hart Lovelace. I LOVED the Mary Poppins books! I read Gone With The Wind six times when I was a teenager. I also read Lady Chatterly's Lover, unbeknownst to my parents. I read Jane Austen and Jane Eyre. My "lowbrow" fare was the Hardy Boys (because my brothers had the whole series.)
Finish this sentence. The perfect vacation is...
..always better in your imagination. That fabulous beach? Sweat, sunburn all over, sand ruining your camera. OK, seriously, the perfect vacation is one that takes me into some kind of wilderness and gets me out again safely.
MySpace or Facebook?
Neither one. It would suck up all my time!
BBQ or Tex-Mex
If you're cooking for me, you get to choose.
Finish this sentence. Libraries are…
Not as quiet as they used to be. But they are invaluable. I use library resources in some form nearly every day.
Do you have a blog, website, or other online presence that you would like to share with us?
My website is www.authorlisaklein.com
