Last week I was tagged by the talented Sarah Aronson, author of Beyond Lucky, in The Next Big Thing. So now it's my turn to answer some author questions. Here we go!
1) What is the working title of your next book?
Lauren Yanofsky Hates the Holocaust
2) Where did the idea come from for the book?
A couple of years ago a student made a Nazi armband during my French class. It got me thinking about my feelings about the Holocaust.
2) Where did the idea come from for the book?
A couple of years ago a student made a Nazi armband during my French class. It got me thinking about my feelings about the Holocaust.
3) What genre does your book fall under?
Contemporary YA
4) What actors would you choose to play the part of your characters in a movie rendition?
Logan Lerman (Perks of Being a Wallflower) would play the hunky basketball player and love interest of Lauren Yanofsky. Lauren would be played by Alexis Bledel, but there’d be a time warp and Alexis would be sixteen again.
5) What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
Lauren is sick of hearing about the Holocaust but must make some tough choices when boys from her school start playing Nazi war games.
6) Who is publishing your book?
Orca Books
7) How long did it take you to write the first draft of the manuscript?
7) How long did it take you to write the first draft of the manuscript?
A year.
8) What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
There are a lot of books for teens written about the Holocaust, but none that I know of about contemporary teens grappling with the legacy of the Holocaust. I'd love to hear of other books.
8) What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
There are a lot of books for teens written about the Holocaust, but none that I know of about contemporary teens grappling with the legacy of the Holocaust. I'd love to hear of other books.
9) Who or what inspired you to write this book?
My father’s interest in World War Two has led me to think a lot about the Holocaust and the after effects it has had on the Jewish religion and culture.
10) What else about the book might pique the reader's interest?
Not only does this book address some serious issues, there’s also some basketball and even some kissing.
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ReplyDeleteActors of fully Jewish background: -Logan Lerman, Natalie Portman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mila Kunis, Bar Refaeli, James Wolk, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Julian Morris, Adam Brody, Esti Ginzburg, Kat Dennings, Gabriel Macht, Erin Heatherton, Odeya Rush, Anton Yelchin, Paul Rudd, Scott Mechlowicz, Lisa Kudrow, Lizzy Caplan, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Gal Gadot, Debra Messing, Robert Kazinsky, Melanie Laurent, Shiri Appleby, Justin Bartha, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Margarita Levieva, Elizabeth Berkley, Halston Sage, Seth Gabel, Skylar Astin, Mia Kirshner, Alden Ehrenreich, Eric Balfour, Jason Isaacs, Jon Bernthal.
Actors with Jewish mothers and non-Jewish fathers -Jake Gyllenhaal, Dave Franco, James Franco, Scarlett Johansson, Daniel Day-Lewis, Daniel Radcliffe, Alison Brie, Eva Green, Emmy Rossum, Rashida Jones, Jennifer Connelly, Nora Arnezeder, Goldie Hawn, Ginnifer Goodwin, Amanda Peet, Eric Dane, Jeremy Jordan, Joel Kinnaman, Ben Barnes, Patricia Arquette, Kyra Sedgwick, Dave Annable.
Actors with Jewish fathers and non-Jewish mothers, who themselves were either raised as Jews and/or identify as Jews: -Andrew Garfield, Ezra Miller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Alexa Davalos, Nat Wolff, Nicola Peltz, James Maslow, Josh Bowman, Winona Ryder, Ben Foster, Nikki Reed, Zac Efron, Jonathan Keltz.
Oh, and Ansel Elgort’s father is Jewish, though I don’t know how Ansel was raised.
Actors with one Jewish-born parent and one parent who converted to Judaism -Dianna Agron, Sara Paxton (whose father converted, not her mother), Alicia Silverstone, Jamie-Lynn Sigler.