Željko Obrenović

Željko Obrenović asked M.R. Carey:

Hi, sir, Can you name a few authors who influenced your work and the best novel that you'd read recently? Thanks! P.S. I'm just half through The Girl and I think it's your best work so far!

M.R. Carey Easier to start that list than to stop it, Željko. I think my influences probably run into the hundreds. In no particular order, but close to the top of the list: Ursula LeGuin, Roger Zelazny, China Mieville, Mervyn Peake, Lord Dunsany, Gene Wolfe, Terry Pratchett, Lawrence Sterne, William Faulkner, Herman Melville, Vonda McIntyre, Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman. And way back when I was first starting to read, Enid Blyton.

Best novel I've read recently: NOS4R2 by Joe Hill.

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Vesper

Vesper asked M.R. Carey:

I am excited to read your book. I am curious about how you came to be writing this story from a younger, female perspective. Did you find any specific elements more challenging that others? Thank you for taking questions. Sincerely, Vesper

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A Goodreads user asked M.R. Carey:

"Girl" was, for me, a near-perfect book. I became immersed in the world you created and have lingering questions. I want to know about the feral children. How do they adapt to the world under Miss Justineau's tutelage, if at all? Is Miss Justineau pregnant? I was enthralled by the book's ending and am hoping you are going to write a sequel. So, really, that's my official question. Are you planning to write a sequel? .

Ta Street

Ta Street asked M.R. Carey:

I really loved your book The girl with all the gifts. Is this your first book ? have you written others ?

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