I was thrilled to be interviewed recently by Hayley Reece Chow… see below for her very interesting questions (and my answers!)
Author interview time! Thanks so much to my twitter friend and fellow indie author, Valinora Troy (she/her), for participating in a Q&A! (Also as a reminder, if you’re interested in being featured in one of these author interviews, please feel free to reach out via email/social media/or carrier pigeon!)
Valinora Troy is a Children’s Fantasy writer, living in Ireland. She recently completed an MA in Creative Writing specialising in Children’s & Young Adult fiction. She has published short horror stories for adults. She has recently served as a round 1 judge in the CYBILS award, elementary/middlegrade speculative fiction.
Hayley: Hey Valinora! Thanks so much for letting me ask you a few questions! I read your debut middle-grade fantasy, The Lucky Diamond in spring, and absolutely loved it! It’s actually funny because one of my critique partners and I were just discussing the other day how hard middle-grade is to get…
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Great interview. I bet your experiences being one of 10 siblings really helped you creating the characters in your story.
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It did! 🙂 Thanks for reading, Natalie!
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It’s a wonderful interview, Valinora. It was interesting to learn you started writing The Lucky Diamond when you were six. That’s amazing!
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Thanks, Priscilla! Yes, the book was a long time in the writing (I won’t say how long!!!). By the way, thanks for the review! Made my day 🙂
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