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Terri Favro

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Growing up in an immigrant neighbourhood in Canada's Niagara region, Terri Favro was always told that "if there's a nuclear war, we'll be the first to go", due to the proximity of the Niagara hydroelectric station. Her earliest influences were superhero comics, Warner Brothers cartoons, robots, MAD magazine, Narnia, Middle Earth, her Nonno’s deliciously violent Italian fairytales and the Atomic Bomb. Her life’s ambition was to write satirical comics while living under a lunar geodesic dome.

Not much has changed. Terri is now the author of three novels, a pop-science book about robots, and comic books she creates with her visual artist husband. She’s fond of red wine, cycling, cats, Sinatra standards from the ‘50s and her sons.

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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Terri Favro I have a family story that remains a mystery I plan to explore in a book. When I was 17, my father told me a story about a young Italian cousin named …moreI have a family story that remains a mystery I plan to explore in a book. When I was 17, my father told me a story about a young Italian cousin named Vigio. In 1929, he came to Canada and lived with my Dad and his parents for a while on a farm in the Niagara area. Vigio would have been about 17 himself at this time; my Dad was 9. Vigio and Dad developed a close relationship. Finally my grandfather sent Vigio off to Toronto to work in a hotel. About two months later, Vigio unexpectedly returned to my grandparents' house. He was completely traumatized -- so much so that any time he saw male strangers, he panicked, at one point crashing through the window of the house and running through the snow barefoot in his pajamas...my father described seeing Vigio's bloody footprints appearing against the white snow while my grandfather went in pursuit. Eventually he was sent home to Italy. After WWII broke out, the village was home to a lot of partisan activity and was occupied by German troops. Vigio was shot by them one day when he started running at a command to halt: when the soldier saw Vigio's face he began to weep and threw down his gun, shouting "Why did you run?" A German soldier hanged himself in that village a short time later: not sure if it was the same one. Mystery: What happened to Vigio in Toronto? Why was he shot, and what did the soldier seem so grief-stricken? Did Vigio and the soldier who killed him know one another?(less)

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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

Terri Favro Hmmm. So many possibilities! I'd like to go into a world where I had superpowers, which opens up almost any comic book series, although I'd need to be…moreHmmm. So many possibilities! I'd like to go into a world where I had superpowers, which opens up almost any comic book series, although I'd need to be bitten by a radioactive spider (or whatever). Yech. Silver Surfer would be a good one as long as I got to ride my own intergalactic board. I also considered "Outlander" -- being thrown back 200 years to 18th century Scotland would be cool –– except that it sounds so uncomfortable and dangerous! No hot showers -- that's a deal breaker. I think my choice would be Michael Chabon's "Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" -- hanging out with New York's pioneer comic book creators mid-20th century. Their parties sounded amazing. And the burst of creativity that led to all the superheroes we know now -- it would be awesome to be part of that. Maybe I could be a comic book writer by day, collaborating with one of the artists. And going to Greenwich Village parties by night. Yeah: New York City and comics. That's where I'd like to be.(less)

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	Sputnik's Children 3.67 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Generation Robot: A Century of Science Fiction, Fact, and Speculation 3.85 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sisters Sputnik: A Novel 3.52 avg rating — 83 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clockwork Canada: Steampunk Fiction by Dominik Parisien (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charlotte Ashley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Holly Schofield (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon a Time in West Toronto (Inanna Poetry & Fiction Series) 4.32 avg rating — 28 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Proxy Bride 4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sisters Sputnik: A Novel 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	PACN HEAT by Terri Favro (Goodreads Author) (Editor), A.G. Pasquella (Goodreads Author) (editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bella and The Loyalist Heroine by Terri Favro (Goodreads Author), Ron Edding (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sisters Sputnik by Terri Favro (Goodreads Author), Shannon McDonough (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Of Women Warriors, Dancing Frogs and Schmoos: Researching the funnies for The Sisters Sputnik

One of the particular pleasures of writing The Sisters Sputnik was doing a deep-dive into the golden age of comic strips, comic books, and their animated cousin, cartoons.

I love comics. I grew up in a world where four-panel strips filled two full-page spreads of the newspaper, every single day. Weekend papers included a thick colour supplement devoted to funnies.

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