10 Questions with Seanan McGuire

1. What made you decide to write two different trilogies under the name Mira Grant?


This is a question that contains many, many assumptions, starting with “what makes you think Mira is only going to write two trilogies?” I am Mira Grant for a lot of reasons, and Mira is not stopping after two worlds.

2. What’s the greatest moment in your writing career?



A tie. Selling my first book was very exciting. Winning the Campbell Award was also very exciting.



3. In Feed, why did you choose to create a story under a semi-apocalyptic zombie world instead of the full blown apocalypse favored in most fiction, television, and movies these days?



Because the apocalypse bores me. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.

4. Who is your favorite writer?



Stephen King.



5. Do your skills as a composer and performer of music help you in writing your fiction?



No.

6. What current writing projects are you working on?



Quite a few. I’m always working on at least three books—one in revisions, one in process, and one in research. Ask me this next week and the three books in question will have changed.



7. What is your favorite genre to write?



Fanfic.



8. If we ever have an apocalypse, what do you think will be the cause?



People refusing to vaccinate against easily communicable diseases. That, or the insistence that peak oil is never going to happen. We’re building a house of cards, assuming that resources work like a resource-allocation game, and that’s not true.



9. What is your best quality as a writer?



Tenacity.



10. If Hollywood was making a film adaptation of Feed, and the director asked you to cast the roles of Georgia and Shaun Mason, who would you choose?



I would politely explain that I am not a casting direction, and that since I want the movie to succeed, I would be delighted by whomever they chose to cast.