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

WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE FICTIONAL CHARACTER?
Batman. Arya Stark is a close second.
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK WHEN YOU WERE A KID? DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE BOOK NOW?
I loved A Swiftly Tilting Planet and a book called Catwitch that is no longer in
print. (I still have my copy.) Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones is a
beloved comfort read. I loved Stephen King, particularly It and Eyes of the
Dragon.
These days I have a lot of favorites, but the ones that always come to mind are
Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold and George R. R. Martin’s A Song
of Ice and Fire series.
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW OR MOVIE?
In no particular order: Strictly Ballroom, The Untouchables, Romancing the
Stone, Battlestar Galactica (the new one), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, A Room
with a View.
IF YOU WERE STRANDED ON A DESERT ISLAND, WHO WOULD YOU WANT FOR COMPANY?
Joss Whedon. Or someone made of cake.
IF YOU COULD TRAVEL ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD YOU GO AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
I’ve been to Venice, but I’d like to go back for Biennale and Carnival. Actually,
I’d love to live in Venice.
IF YOU COULD TRAVEL IN TIME, WHERE WOULD YOU GO AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
The future! I’m not sure how far into the future. I’d probably overshoot it and
end up in some cosmic void. But it kills me that I’m not going to get to see how
things go. I was promised unitards, hover cars, and food in the form of pellets.
WHAT’S THE BEST ADVICE YOU HAVE EVER RECEIVED ABOUT WRITING?
Read poetry. A professor once told me, “I don’t read poetry so I can talk about it
at cocktail parties. I read it because it’s the last place heightened language
exists.”
WHAT ADVICE DO YOU WISH SOMEONE HAD GIVEN YOU WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER?
There are no fairy godmothers.
DO YOU EVER GET WRITER’S BLOCK? WHAT DO YOU DO TO GET BACK ON TRACK?
I do. I try to work on another part of the story, or change from first to third
person, or go for a walk. And I’m a big fan of talking to myself. If I can