Tomorrow morning, I'm interviewing British YA writer Meg Rosoff for a Gazette story -- so I'm doing some background research today. First of all, I just finished reading Meg's latest book, What I Was. I really loved it -- it's very atmospheric, funny in spots, and really gets you thinking. Here is one of my favourite bits: "now that I'm older I've seen how little ittakes to turn a person's life around for better or worse. An event will do, or an idea. Another person. An idea of a person." See what I mean about how Meg gets a reader thinking?
In my preliminary research, I learned that Meg only started writing after her youngest sister died of breast cancer. In another interview that I read on-line, Meg said, "I thought if I was going to write a book, I should because life is short." Well, it's a good thing for us that Meg wrote that first book, and then several more. I interview her first thing tomorrow morning. Expect a blog entry as soon as I get home.
Another major snowstorm in Montreal today -- stay safe if you're out there!