J. Lynn Else
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Intisar Khanani:
What was your favorite book as a child? Has that book in any way influenced your writing today?
Intisar Khanani
As a child and young adult, I was an inveterate bookworm. It's hard to say what books I loved a kid--I'm pretty sure I read the first few Little House books repeatedly, as well as "Ralph S. Mouse" and "The Mouse and the Motorcycle," but those were very much in my elementary years and I suspect just fed my love of good stories.
In sixth grade I discovered Robin McKinley's "The Hero and The Crown" and "The Blue Sword" in my school's library (in Saudi Arabia, no less). This was definitely a pivotal time for me--awesome girls wielding swords and magic and saving the day? Sign me up! I quickly found the only other such books in our library--Tamora Pierce's Lioness Quartet and a smattering of works by Anne McCaffery. Between those three authors, my love of fantasy was born. While I read widely in our little library, I came back to McKinley many times. This timeframe also saw my first stories written as well--all, curiously enough, featuring strong girls, magic, and (ha!) dragons. I've gotten slightly less dragon-obsessed as I've aged, but the remaining two aspects of my writing have remained unchanged...
In sixth grade I discovered Robin McKinley's "The Hero and The Crown" and "The Blue Sword" in my school's library (in Saudi Arabia, no less). This was definitely a pivotal time for me--awesome girls wielding swords and magic and saving the day? Sign me up! I quickly found the only other such books in our library--Tamora Pierce's Lioness Quartet and a smattering of works by Anne McCaffery. Between those three authors, my love of fantasy was born. While I read widely in our little library, I came back to McKinley many times. This timeframe also saw my first stories written as well--all, curiously enough, featuring strong girls, magic, and (ha!) dragons. I've gotten slightly less dragon-obsessed as I've aged, but the remaining two aspects of my writing have remained unchanged...
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Aaliya Bishop
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Intisar Khanani:
just read your Thorn book, Really impressed but now also a little glum. As you stated on your site, I read with some disapointment that you would not be visiting Alyrra/ Thorn directly as a main character. As much as Rae is a work in progress, I was just wondering whether you would ever look to wrap up the loose ends directly for thorn or would you only be doing this is the future Rae books?
Siv Therese
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Intisar Khanani:
Hi! I just wanted to cheer you on writin Memories of Ash... waiting uhm. well, not maybe waiting. Some well more, obsessively stalking you webpages for release date(?). but still somewhat paitiently awaitin. no pressure..at all. "sight... im trying"... I just know its gonna be as awsome or maybe more so as Thorn and Sunbolt. Your forever fan
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