The author, on Zooey's contribution to her writing:
On the positive side, she gets me out of my pajamas and out of the house. (I walk her at least three times per day.) These walks, I've found, give my bleary, computer-burned eyes a rest and help me work through plot holes. The negative: she scares the crap out of me sporadically whenever she sees a person walking outside, another animal, the mailman... Zooey takes her job as head of...[read on]About Casella's new YA novel Thin Space, from the publisher:
There’s a fine line between the living and the dead, and Marshall is determined to cross it in this gut-wrenching debut novel.Learn more about the book and author at Jody Casella's website, Facebook page, and Twitter perch.
Ever since the car accident that killed his identical twin brother, Marshall Windsor has been consumed with guilt and crippled by the secrets of that fateful night. He has only one chance to make amends and set things right. He must find a thin space—a mythical point where the barrier between this world and the next is thin enough for a person to step through to the other side.
But when a new girl moves into the neighborhood, into the exact same house Marsh is sure holds a thin space, she may be the key—or the unraveling of all his secrets.
As they get closer to finding a thin space—and closer to each other—March must decide once and for all how far he’s willing to go to right the wrongs of the living…and the dead.
Read--Coffee with a Canine: Jody Casella and Zooey.
--Marshal Zeringue