What is your name, where were you born and where do you live now?
I'm Julianna Baggott. I live in Florida at
present.
Did you always
want to be a writer? If not what did you want to be?
Very little, I
wanted to drive a bus -- shiny knob, big wheel, bi-fold doors, lots of power.
But it didn't stick.
Did it take a
long time to get your first book published?
Well, I sold my first book at 29, which is
considered young in the industry. That was 13 years and 18 books ago.
What is the name
of your latest book, and if you had to summarise it in less than 20 words what
would you say?
PURE -- a
post-apocalyptic dystopian thriller/romance -- a 16 year old girl in an
ash-choked cabinet and a boy in a Dome. Their lives collide.
Who is your
publisher? or do you self publish?
I'm published by
Hachette. Film rights have sold to Fox2000.
What can we
expect from you in the future? More books of the same genre? Books of a
different genre?
PURE is a
proposed trilogy -- so FUSE will be published this time next year.
Do you have
anybody read your books and give you reviews before you officially release
them?ie. Your partner, children, friends, reviewers you know?
I have a number
of readers, but PURE was written in many ways for my daughter who's now the age
of the main character. I read her the early pages and she said it was the best
thing I'd ever written and I needed to finish it. The dedication reads: For
Phoebe who made a bird of wire.
How do you
market/promote your books?
PURE has a
trailer -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZknTMhd9RL0; a
site with EXTRA MATERIALS --http://www.puretrilogy.co.uk/;
there will be a free app where you can fuse yourself to objects and
animals... There's been a blog tour and a good bit of travel. Here's a
post-apocalyptic valentine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74HugblR_Lc
What do you
think makes a book a really good/bestseller ?
The writers
urgent need to tell it and the readers urgent need to hear it.
Do you or would
you ever use a pen name?
I have two --
N.E. Bode and Bridget Asher. PURE is written under my own name, Julianna
Baggott.
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