interview by vanessa willoughby

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If you could have dinner with three people, living or dead, who would it be?
James Baldwin, Johnny Mathis, Nella Larsen

Audrey Hepburn or Katharine Hepburn?
Katharine

Name one classic author that you think is overrated and why?
don't know

What seems more terrifying: the unexplored depths of the ocean or the unexplored parts of space?
The unexplored depths of the ocean. I'm not a strong swimmer.

Name your childhood hero--can be literary, musical, film, etc.
Carol Burnett

Favorite Jane Austen leading man?
Don't have one.

Feminism, womanism or none of the above?
Feminism

If you could spend a week anywhere in the world for a writer's retreat, where would it be?
Skagen, Denmark

Your worst job growing up before you engaged in writing full-time?
fast food cashier

Your best concert experience?
Johnny Mathis.  When I was in college, my friend and I snuck backstage!  We were definitely the youngest people in the audience.

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