bannedbooksweek.org<\/a>.<\/p>\nQ: Where do you write?<\/strong>
\nA: At the library, at home, anywhere I can!
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\nQ: Do you own any pets? If so, what types? Their names?<\/strong>
\nA: I have two cats – Merry and Pippin. They are real troublemakers. :-}<\/p>\nQ: What are your favorite pastimes\/activities when you are not writing?<\/strong>
\nA: What? You mean there are activities aside from writing?? Ok* let’s think. Listening to music. Traveling. Taking care of my little boy. I do love to read, although I don’t get to do it as often as I’d like.<\/p>\nQ: What’s your favorite color?<\/strong>
\nA: Red. Like ketchup.<\/p>\nQ: What kind of music do you listen to?<\/strong>
\nA: My musical preferences are strongly influenced by my mood, so I like a lot of different things. Favorite band is Nirvana (okay, how hard was that to figure out?). I love Iggy Pop, Oasis, a Northampton group called the Nields, Alanis Morisette, Pete Yorn, Van Morrison. These days I listen to a lot of Putamayo children’s CDs.<\/p>\nQ: How did you start writing? Did you always want to be an author?<\/strong>
\nA: As a kid, I was always writing stories for fun, but I didn’t plan on being an author. I was planning on joining the Peace Corps. Writing was something I did for pleasure. I wrote my first complete book in high school. It was a fantasy novel. After that, I was always working on something. It wasn’t until much later when I got a job in publishing that I first considered submitting my work for publication.<\/p>\nQ: Have any other authors influenced your writing?<\/strong>
\nA: Definitely. Lloyd Alexander was a huge influence, and I had the privilege of meeting him at his home before he passed away. What a wonderful man! I also love Susan Cooper’s books, and I’m a huge fan of both J.D. Salinger and Jack Kerouac.<\/p>\nQ: Are you planning any sequels to your books?<\/strong>
\nA: No, sorry! I get asked this all the time, but unfortunately I don’t have any sequels in the works. I prefer to let readers decide for themselves what happens once the book is over.<\/p>\nQ: Are you working on anything new?<\/strong>
\nA: I currently have a new novel in production that will be released May 2020 and I have three picture books that are being illustrated.<\/p>\nKL Going video<\/span>
\nThis video was made by Mount Saint Mary graduate student Rob Petrarca as his senior thesis project. It was filmed at KL Going’s home in early 2014.<\/p>\n