Vernie♡

Vernie♡ asked Kasie West:

Do you plan to write more diverse characters in your future books? Not that I don't love your books (which I of course do), I would just love to see more diversity within your stories.

Kasie West I plan to do my best in this endeavor. I am a very big proponent of #ownvoices. I really really feel like a person of different ethnicity/culture to my own can tell a story representing that ethnicity/culture much better than I can. Which is why I support as much as possible diverse authors. I want to see people of all races, sexes, identities writing stories. That said, I do think it's important to have diverse representation in my books and I will admit that I haven't done the best job of that. I've tried in the past. Charlie, in ON THE FENCE, is hispanic. Tic in THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US is black. I've had many side characters of different races. In my next book out, LUCKY IN LOVE, the love interest is Vietnamese. But yes, you are right, the majority of my characters are white. I'm a work in progress and I'm hoping to improve on my representation. Thanks so much for the question. :)

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Sonja van der Merwe

Sonja van der Merwe asked Kasie West:

Hi Kasie!! I'm so glad I randomly read one of your books and now I'm so happy coz I've found an amazing author. I love what I've read of you so far!!! Are there characters in your stand alone books that link to others or can they all just be read at random?

Alishba Nadeem

Alishba Nadeem asked Kasie West:

Do you know Colleen Hoover? In her book, Maybe Someday, the girl is a lyricist and writes for a band. Colleen got Griffin to sings those songs (and many personalized songs for other books) and it was terrific. You probably made a melody for the song that Lily writes, "Left behind". Have you ever considered getting your song sung and released? Because that would be amazing! Please try that! We'd love to hear it! <3

len ❀ [ia bc of school]

len ❀ [ia bc of school] asked Kasie West:

Kasie I love you and I've considered you one of my favorite authors since I read On the Fence. It wasn't enough so I had to buy The Distance Between Us and The Fill-In Boyfriend. I don't think I can really wait for P.S. I Like You to release so I was just wondering, is there any way to get an ARC of it? Thank you!

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