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Moira Young

Moira Young talks Raging Star & the Dustlands Trilogy

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INCLUDES GIVEAWAY! Go to the review of RAGING STAR ThirstForFiction talks with Moira Young, author of the Costa award winning DUSTLANDS TRILOGY, the final book of which, RAGING STAR, comes out on 1st May in the UK. Buy Raging Star: Transcript Rhys: I’m here with Moira Young author of the Dustlands Trilogy the final book Continue reading

Ruta Sepetys

An Interview with Ruta Sepetys – transcript

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Don’t forget to read our review of Out of the Easy! The following is a transcript of the interview with Between Shades of Gray and Out of the Easy author Ruta Sepetys. You can watch a cut version of the interview below or the full, half-hour length interview here. If you quote any of the Continue reading

In Conversation with Caroline Lawrence: Westerns and Mark Twain!

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This is the second part of my interview with Caroline Lawrence, the fabulous author of The Romany Mysteries and her latest series, The P.K. Pinkerton Mysteries. You can check out the first part of the interview, where we discuss the religiosity in her books as well as general Roman Life. Don’t forget to enter the Continue reading

In Conversation with Caroline Lawrence – Part I

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Back last summer I had the wonderful opportunity to interview Caroline Lawrence, author of The Roman Mysteries, in person. Not only that; I was also given a tour of some of Caroline’s favourite Roman artefacts in the British Museum, some of which influenced her writing. Read part 2 here – you could win copies of Continue reading

Catherine Bruton

Interviewing Catherine Bruton

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Today I have the utmost pleasure of welcoming Catherine Bruton, author of We Can Be Heroes and Pop!, to ThirstforFiction to answer some of the questions we had for her after reading her two (fantastic) novels. ThirstforFiction: What is Pop! about? Catherine Bruton: ‘Pop!’ is about three kids pursuing the talent show dream in the Continue reading

Julianna Baggott

Julianna Baggot, author of Pure, speaks to ThirstforFiction!

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Today, I’m happy to welcome Julianna Baggott, author of the astonishing new post-apocalyptic tale Pure, to ThirstForFiction. She’s the author of several books and Pure is her first YA novel. Follow her on Twitter: @jcbaggot ThirstforFiction: For those who haven’t read Pure, tell us a little about it. Julianna Baggott: Pressia is a 16-year-old living Continue reading

Ruta Sepetys

An Interview with Ruta Sepetys

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To coincide with Ruta Sepety’s quick stop in the UK for the publication of the paperback version of Between Shades of Gray, Ruta kindly dropped by for an interview and giveaway of some tasy prizes (see below)! I absolutely loved Between Shades of Gray (though I’m not sure “loved” is quite the correct term; it’s Continue reading

Kevin Brooks

An Interview with Kevin Brooks!

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Today we’ve got the pleasure of welcoming author Kevin Brooks to ThirstforFiction! Kevin has written quite a few YA novels including iBoy , ranging in tones and styles and stories. Read our review of his latest novel, Naked. ThirstforFiction: First off, if you’d like to tell our readers a little about Naked and some of Continue reading