J Tedore asked Peternelle van Arsdale:

Do you just write just scary books? How did your parents come up with your name? Do you get inspiration from other authors? How many books will you write? How did your career start? We have really enjoyed reading your book today - it has inspired us, both as readers and writers! From Class 13, Year 6.

Peternelle van Arsdale So far, yes, but we'll see what I do in the future. I do love darkness and creepiness and intense plots and tortured protagonists. :) I don't know how many books I'll write after this--I'll keep writing as long as I have ideas! I'm working on my third now, and I have clear ideas for my fourth and fifth novels. As for my name, it's an old family name--it's Dutch and it goes back generations and I'm the first in my family to have it for a very long time. It's fun to have an unusual name, even if it means that I have to spell it for people and awful lot. Thank you so much for reading and for asking such great questions!

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