The LA-based author discusses her new novel, female relationships and where to buy vintage in Southern California.
Sometimes characters in books take on lives of their own – so much so that they end up steering the plot or demand to be placed in a different book altogether.
I really wanted to give her a companion; I had tried in a previous book, but it just wasn’t right.
Most of my books take place in California, especially southern California. And I think it’s clear from reading my books that I’m from here; these books are written by someone who is a hometown Californian. It takes years to really understand those layers of what it’s like to live here, and sometimes it takes a lifetime.
I also did research into how magicians operate. I feel like Summer operates with a lot of the same principles of misdirection and distraction. I really wanted to play into that idea of what magicians do to control the attention and to control what the audience is perceiving.I had always known I wanted to write books, but I thought I would write literary fiction.
I grew up on a low income. In the ‘90s and aughts, I remember feeling like buying things vintage was a way of having beautiful things that were not expensive but meaningful, with a real story behind them. And because of that, you wouldn’t be penalized for being poor.I am sure everybody knows about the big flea market at the Rose Bowl. That’s kind of the motherland if you’re interested in vintage clothing, furniture, electronics, dishware, kitchenware.
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