Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (z-lib.org).mobi

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP?
Mostly I wanted to write, but after I saw their production of Twelfth Night, I
wanted to join the Royal Shakespeare Company.
WHEN DID YOU REALIZE YOU WANTED TO BE A WRITER?
I’m not sure there ever was a realization. I am an only child, so I spent a lot of
time talking to myself and making up stories. Then, when I hit junior high,
writing became a kind of survival mechanism. Things were rough at school and
rough at home, but writing gave me a way to invent worlds that were bigger and
better than the one I lived in.
WHAT’S YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING CHILDHOOD MEMORY?
I’m sure the really terrible ones are buried so deep they’ll require years of
therapy to recover. But I can tell you that I once sang a song I wrote at a talent
show. It was called “Love International.” That’s all you really need to know.
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY?
Most of my happiest memories involve my grandfather. My mom was in school,
so he pretty much raised me. He could be a moody bastard, but he was always
doing these surprising, wonderful things. I came home from school once and
he’d made me stilts out of leftover plywood. We spent the afternoon painting
them white and blue, and the next day he taught me to walk on them.