American - Writer | October 3, 1970 -
One of my favorite authors is Robert Cormier. He was a devout Catholic and a very nice man, which might not be the impression you get from reading his books.
Sara Zarr
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I'm always in a place that is sincere but conflicted about different things that come with being a Christian and being an active, churchgoing Christian.
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My parents met in music school and my father was a music professor and conductor. Growing up, we always had classical and contemporary music playing. There was a lot of Mozart and the Beatles.
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I don't like to do too much psychological research because it might turn a character into a patchwork.
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I remember being in high school and listening to Vivaldi's 'Winter' and being so overwhelmed with emotion.
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My books usually end where they began. I try to bring characters back to a point that is familiar but different because of the growth that they have gone through.
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My books have been translated into various languages and sold in other countries, but I never have any contact with the foreign publishers and am so disconnected from that process that it seems almost imaginary. With 'How to Save a Life', I worked closely with Usborne editors and have been involved in the publicity.
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I do have a little bit more confidence in - or at least familiarity with - my process. For example, when it feels like it's going badly or that I'm lost, I know I'll eventually find my way because I've been through it before. But writing itself is still hard.
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The one reader I'm trying to please as I write is me, and I'm pretty difficult to please.
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I'm so focused on trying to craft the story that I'm in my own little world with it and that process. The one reader I'm trying to please as I write is me, and I'm pretty difficult to please.
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The characters are whole, real people to me that I'm getting to know, and since real people are all flawed, so are my characters, I hope.
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When a young reader tells you that they'd never finished a book outside of school until they read yours, or that they really needed to hear something that one of your characters says or thinks... that's just rewarding and humbling.
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