Hooked by Liz Fichera - debuting January 31st from Harlequin Teen
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Get hooked on a girl named Fred...
HE said: Fred Oday is a girl? Why is a girl taking my best friends spot on the boy's varsity golf team?
SHE said: Can I seriously do this? Can I join the boys' team? Everyone will hate me - especially Ryan Berenger.
HE said: Coach expects me to partner with Fred on the green? That is crazy bad. Fred's got to go - especially now that I can't get her out of my head. So not happening.
SHE said: Ryan can be nice, when he's not being a jerk. Like the time he carried my golf bag. But the girl from the rez and the spoiled rich boy from the suburbs? So not happening.
But there's no denying that things are happening as the girl with the killer swing takes on the boy with the killer smile...
AUTHOR INTERVIEW with LIZ FICHERA!
1.
When did you know you wanted to be a writer, and when did you actually start writing?
When
I was 10 years old, I told my parents I wanted to become a writer after
I wrote my first story about my favorite collie dog, Lady. Then life,
responsibilities and a whole bunch of things happened, and I didn’t
actually begin writing full-time until seven years ago.
2.
Do you usually begin a book with a character or a plot?
I
usually begin with an idea. Then the plot and characters follow. So,
for example, I might read a quote or hear a song or meet someone that
inspires me to write a story. My stories almost always start with a
seed of an idea and then build from there. I’m a total pantser.
3.What is the hardest thing about writing HOOKED?
HOOKED
was one of those stories that sort of had a mind of its own. Once I
started writing it, the words just kinda flowed. I was driving along
Pecos Road, just outside the Gila River Indian Reservation near my home,
when I got this idea to write about a Native American teenaged girl
golfer. Soon after that, I began to see Fred in my head.
4. How would you describe Fred and Ryan's relationship in five words?
5. Did
Fred and Ryan's relationship came to you easily? Like you knew exactly
what kind of a couple they were before writing HOOKED?
6. Are any of the characters in HOOKED inspired by someone in your life?
Fred’s father has characteristics that are very similar to my own father.
7.
How do you make up names for your characters? Is there any meaning or significance to their names?
8. Who would play your hero and heroine in the tv or film version of your book?
9.I
love the cover for HOOKED! Did you have any input on the cover? Did you
imagined/expected it to look different? If you had your way, what would
the cover be?
Me, too! Thank you. The cover exceeded my expectations because, as I said, the models they chose for the cover were positively spot-on. HarlequinTEEN does some amazingly gorgeous covers and, as an author, you’re shown headshots of the models and then various poses. For HOOKED, we narrowed it down to 3 and the pose that was chosen was simply perfect, in my humble opinion. I think HOOKED is unique in that the main character is Native American. There are too few mainstream YAs with Native American girls (or boys) as main characters or, with settings in the American Southwest for that matter.
10. Thank you so much again! I'm dying to read HOOKED :)
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I AM DYING FOR THIS BOOK. Aren't you??
Oooo, I hadn't even heard of this book until now, but I am officially dying to read this book! These characters seem like ones I'm just going to LOVE.
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