Ken Geo asked Terry Geo:

Which character in Refraction do you most identify with?

Terry Geo The four main characters of my book are all parts of me. In the first chapter you meet Abby, Terrell, Jake and Ryder; they are all very different people living in different parts of the world. The first third of the book brings them all together to Silicate where their adventure really begins. It would have been a lot easier for me to write Refraction from a first-person perspective, but I felt it needed these uniquely different characters to tell the story in their own way. Abby mirrors the trouble I have sleeping, Terrell is the projection of how I felt at school; a creative geek and a bit of an outcast, Jake is a gay guy growing up in Yorkshire as I did and Ryder’s disability is something he has to live with, yet doesn’t want people to feel sorry for him. In these four characters is also a lot of diversity. Abby is a 14-year-old girl, Terrell is black, Jake is gay and Ryder is disabled, yet all of them first and foremost are people. Their diversity is never the focus nor a hindrance, it is just a part of who they are.

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