This is possibly one of my favorite interviews! I have an ARC of The Sweet Revenge, but I'm so swamped with books! This definitely became a hire priority though!
Goodreads Blurb
Author Bio
What inspired you to write?
I was an obsessive reader as a kid. I felt that all the books I was reading were involved in one great conversation that I wanted to be part of that conversation. It was my earliest dream.
What's your favorite part about the writing/blogging community?
The most interesting, thoughtful, emotional, generous people are writers, readers, bloggers and librarians. I swear! I walked into the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting in Seattle and thought, “Why can’t librarians run the world?” I will vote for any librarian who runs for president-although my candidate is Nancy Pearl. People who love books are concerned with how individuals and societies grow and change. In other words, they are concerned with the most important questions that concern us as humans.
If the zombie apocalypse arrived, what book (yes, book!) would you take with you?
Although I want to get fancy-pants literary on this question, I feel I owe the truth to your readers. I would take the most comprehensive book of medical knowledge for a layman that I could find. Because it’s going to get ugly out there, and if we’re going to survive, we’re going to have to stitch up some wounds with no anesthetic.
You have a thousand wishes--what are your first 3?
#1, No zombie apocalypse. #2, An end to death-but WAIT! That doesn’t mean that people keep aging and are forced to suffer and be in pain and never die. Arg, you Genies are such tricksters!#3, No more child abuse and neglect. Every child should know she is loved.
What's your absolute favorite book?
My all time favorite is The Once and Future King by T.H. White. I feel under its spell in elementary school and the magic has never worn off.
Have you ever done something in the name of revenge?
Oh yes. But, just like in my novel, I think that there is always a backlash to revenge. There is a famous saying, “Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” Revenge is the same way. With that said, I am a novelist and I do get to pick names for my evil characters, which I think of as a tiny form of harmless revenge.
How did you choose the title?
The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door is actually the second title. The original title, which you can still catch on the jacket for my poetry book, was Celia, the Dark and Weird. Careful readers will catch the times Celia gets called “Weird,” in the story.
Which do YOU think is sweeter? Revenge or friendship?
Friendship is so, so sweet. What would life be without friendship? Other forms of love: family love and romantic love are made whole by that third place of friendship love.
Quickies:
Facebook or Twitter?
TWITTER
Coffee or Tea?
COFFEE
Winter or Summer?
SUMMER
Candy or chocolate?
CHOCOLATE (I’m glad you know chocolate isn’t candy)
Physical book or ebook?
PHYSICAL BOOK
Goodreads Blurb
That’s the day the trouble started.
The trouble that nearly ruined my life.
The trouble that turned me Dark.
The trouble that begs me for revenge.
Celia Door enters her freshman year of high school with giant boots, dark eyeliner, and a thirst for revenge against Sandy Firestone, the girl who did something unspeakable to Celia last year.
But then Celia meets Drake, the cool new kid from New York City who entrusts her with his deepest, darkest secret. When Celia’s quest for justice threatens her relationship with Drake, she’s forced to decide which is sweeter: revenge or friendship.
This debut novel from Karen Finneyfrock establishes her as a bright, bold, razor-sharp new voice for teens.
Karen Finneyfrock is a poet, novelist and teaching artist in Seattle, WA. Her second book of poems,Ceremony for the Choking Ghost, was released on Write Bloody press in 2010. Her young adult novel, The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door, is due from Viking Children’s Books in 2013. She is a former Writer-in-Residence at Richard Hugo House in Seattle and teaches forSeattle Arts and Lectures’ Writers-in-the-Schools program. In 2010, Karen traveled toNepal as a Cultural Envoy through the US Department of State to perform and teach poetry and in 2011, she did a reading tour in Germany sponsored by the US Embassy.
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