Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Q&A with Stephanie Booth

From my Q&A with Stephanie Booth, author of Libby Lost and Found: A Novel:
How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?

My original title was The Falling Children Find Their Way Home, which is a nod to the mega-best-selling fantasy book series, The Falling Children, that the main character, Libby Weeks, writes. It took a lot of soul-searching to admit that while I was fond of the title, it wasn't the best entrance into the story.

Libby Lost and Found kinda says it all: Libby has been recently diagnosed with early-onset dementia and feels absolutely adrift in her life. But as she enlists her biggest superfan, an 11-year-old girl named Peanut Bixton, to help her finish her last book in the Falling Children series, they both find parts of themselves they didn't know existed.

So...some heartbreak, but not...[read on]
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Q&A with Stephanie Booth.

--Marshal Zeringue