Goodreads asked Paul Mosier:

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

Paul Mosier I've never been a big reader of fictional worlds, or at least worlds in fiction that are different from the one I know. Generally such places are dangerous, even the beautifully described and familiar Middle Earth of Tolkien. I love the world I am in, because it is populated by the people who are dear to me, foremost among them my wife and daughters. Also my favorite restaurants and coffeehouses, and my agent and book deal. I'd hate to have to go through that again. But since that's not an answer, I'll say the world of Ocean Park, the neighborhood of Santa Monica where my recently completed novel Summer and July takes place. I could be there with my family, enjoying the weather and the charms of the seaside town, and run into my beloved protagonist Juillet, and her new friend, the even more charming Summer. Sometimes I feel like I am looking upon a character I've met in a novel I've written when I'm out in public, and I think that happening for real in the world I know and love would be my choice. I do love this world, in spite of its flaws, and I hope that comes through in my novels.

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