Isabella

Isabella asked Michael Grant:

When did you decide you wanted to be an author? Were you always into writing or was it more of a later life choice?

Michael Grant I always knew I could write. Which sounds arrogant, but it's true. That said I had no plan or intention to write. I was a guy who lived job to job. I was a working class guy - waiter, apartment manager, house cleaner - a high school drop-out who'd had some serious trouble with the law. I was, in short, a mess.

But I knew I could write. In 1989 my wife Katherine Applegate said, "We should get careers," and I said, "Okay, what career?" When she answered 'writer' there was no big doubt on my part. It felt like, "Oh, yeah, that'd make sense."

I have a very unusual origin story, I'm afraid.

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M.A. Fuentes

M.A. Fuentes asked Michael Grant:

I loved your Gone series, and since you're such a great writer I was wondering if you could help me with writing a book. My problem is that I only get a few chapters in until I want to write something else or just not write at all. So, do you have any advice? If so, thank you!

Donna Libercci

Donna Libercci asked Michael Grant:

Which book do I read after The Tattooed Heart? I read Messenger of Fear first.

Derek Peter Hawley

Derek Peter Hawley asked Michael Grant:

When will you kill off a major character in the Front Lines series? One of the things I liked best about GONE and BZRK was that you're not afraid to kill someone off if they need to die.

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