Wed, October 19, 2011
HarperTeen Authors on Fictional Crushes, High School and More
On Sunday, HarperTeen’s Dark Days tour came to Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville, Ill., and I had the opportunity to sit down for a chat with four fantastic authors — Jocelyn Davies, Amy Garvey, Claudia Gray and Kiersten White.
Subjects covered include:
1) Kiersten’s history as the high school loudmouth
2) Amy’s dream day in NYC
3) Why Jocelyn would make a good mermaid (besides her pretty hair)
4) And what would lead Peeta Mellark to tell Claudia, “I will love and defend you forever. Here’s a cupcake.”
Our chat, with the narration and camerawork of my dear friend Heidi from YA Bibliophile…
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Library Gal said:
Wow, how exciting! You did a fabulous job, great questions too!
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Jamie said:
So fun! Although, it made me miss you! And again, the glamorous life of Anna
Seriously. I'm moving to Chi-town so I can have fun times with you and the Tata and all the other amazing Chicago folk.
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Jasmine Rose said:
I'm so sad I didn't get to go to the Washington event. I've really been wanting to meet Kiersten White since I started following her on Twitter. All her tweets are funny!
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Tara said:
Hahaha the kissing question made me giggle like CRAZY. Hell yes to Colin Firth. And Cricket. And Peeta. I mean, really. All of these authors are amazing.
And you did such a fabulous job! "I'm woodsy" – hahaha
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Lissa said:
Oh wow, I'm so jealous! I love the HarperTeen authors.
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Kimberly said:
Wow, I love it when authors are totally down-to-earth like that! Love your blog. All those books sound great, too. They are all on my TBR list.
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YA Bibliophile said:
Oh Anna! So much awesome! Thanks for letting me tag along. You did a great job with everything!
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Ginger @ GReads! said:
I will have to watch this later tonight when I have sound on my computer at home.. but you bet your booty I'll be pimping this giveaway
So glad it went well!
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Nikki H said:
You really did a great job! Great questions!
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Alexa said:
I really wanted to go to one of the stops but they're all out of my area
I can't wait to read all the books though!
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Katelyn said:
Oh how I wish these ladies came to MI! They are so funny and I really loved all their answers to your questions. Thank you so much for such an awesome giveaway!!!
-Katelyn
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Tara said:
YAY I'm so glad that day went well and I wish I could have been there. Next time
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Jacinda (The Reading Housewives) said:
I wish I was there!
It's alright, I can live through this video!
…or maybe not. The volume isn't so good on the video or maybe it's my computer so I can't hear it too well.
But, thanks for the video and taking your time to do all of this!
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bellzzzzabella said:
I can't wait to watch this! Now I have another set of books to add to my Must Read (Anna Read) list!
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manda-rae said:
Awesome giveaways!
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Anonymous said:
kiersten is so cute,thank you for the giveaway.
dookiepookiebear @yahoo .com
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PamM said:
I love the video. You asked good questions and I loved the answers.
Thanks for the giveaway.
kydirtgirl68 AT gmail DOT com
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Ashley @ Book Labyrinth said:
Awesome job with the interview! Awww love these ladies; they all seem so cool and friendly.
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Ivy said:
I never been to an author's event before! It looks great!
Btw, I misspelled my GFC name. It's supposed to be: Ivy. Sorry!
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Anna said:
I love the interview fantastic and I love all there books so thx for the chance to win them. I even tweeted the giveaway
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Sarah said:
Doing this because I love Claudia Gray and I need more books to read!
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Kayla said:
I'm so excited about all of these books! Thanks for the giveaway!
The author event looked like a lot of fun. I haven't had the chance to go to one like this before. I've just been to a couple of author Q&A sessions at my college auditorium with close to 1000 people attending.
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barmybex said:
Great interview, thanks.
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Carmen said:
This literally made me laugh out loud!
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Annette said:
What awesome authors and awesome books! You are so lucky. Thanks for sharing.
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Anonymous said:
Awesome interview!
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Anonymous said:
I hope the Dark Days tours will come to a city near me eventually! I like the Dark Days book samplers that are released each season. (commenting as Justine)
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kristina shields said:
thx for the great giveaway!!
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Miss Lauren said:
Thanks for the giveaway!! I hope I get to go to one of the Dark Days tours one day!
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Katherine said:
Yay awesome giveaways! And double yay for awesome interviews
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April X said:
Love the interview
Thanks for the giveaway!
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ErinLib24 said:
I love book giveaways! Awesomeness!
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Kristi said:
I saw Kiersten, Claudia and Amy last week. They seemed so sweet, especially Claudia. I would've really liked to meet Jocelyn Davies, but I guess she wasn't able to come out to this location.
So much thanks for this interview & giveaway
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kathrynsbooknook said:
I love HarperTeen! Thanks for the amazing giveaway!
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Ashley said:
You're so lucky you get to pick the brains of authors!
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Nataly. said:
Thanks for awesome giveaway!
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Megan Swicegood said:
Very exciting giveaway! 5 excellent books up for grabs.
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Nicole@The More the Merrier said:
Awesome giveaway! The tour stopped in Colorado and I was fortunate enough to go. All the authors were amazing and I had such a great time.
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Sarah said:
I loved the interview! It was awesome! Great giveaway!
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Minas said:
Great interview and thanks for the giveaway!
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Lena said:
Thanks for giveaway! I can't wait to read Fateful!!!
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Anonymous said:
That was such a great day! Though, I believe my favorite story was from Amy Garvey regarding a certain one-eyed cowboy…
~Shel
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