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I don't want my writing to be work to read. My main goal is completely shameless entertainment. I want people to smile and giggle and enjoy the book. I'm not trying to save the world through literature.

~Gail Carriger

Topics: Book Enjoy Entertainment Giggle Goal Literature Main People Read Save Save The World Shameless Smile Through Trying Want Work World Writing

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I do hold very strongly that tea is better in England. There's something in the milk. They must have special cows.

~Gail Carriger

Topics: Better Cows England Hold Milk Must Something Special Strongly Tea Very

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I get really flowery and verbose in my adult books, but I don't think I dumb down my Y.A. It's just cleaner and more snappy. And the adult books have multiple points-of-view. In my Y.A., it's always third person from the main character's perspective.

~Gail Carriger

Topics: Adult Always Books Character Cleaner Down Dumb Get Just Main More Multiple Person Perspective Really Snappy Think Third

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Laughter is healing and helpful and fun, and I see my role as an entertainer, and I want readers to leave my books smiling.

~Gail Carriger

Topics: Books Entertainer Fun Healing Helpful Laughter Leave Readers Role See Smiling Want I See

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I pretty much will do anything for a laugh.

~Gail Carriger

Topics: Anything Laugh Much Pretty Will

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I love the Victorian era, and I always have, but I had a leg up on the writing because I was familiar with a lot of the science from the Victorian era. And that led to a massive interest in the science of this time of history.

~Gail Carriger

Topics: Always Because Era Familiar Had History Interest Led Leg Lot Love Massive Science Time Up Victorian Writing I Love

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Most of the names in my books have secondary meaning. Sometimes they foreshadow; sometimes they tell you about the character's origin or back story.

~Gail Carriger

Topics: About Back Books Character Meaning Most Names Origin Secondary Sometimes Story Tell You

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I'm a Reuben kinda girl, but I'll take a BLT with avocado in a red hot minute if it comes on ciabatta.

~Gail Carriger

Topics: Girl Hot Kinda Minute Red Take

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Occasionally, if I am very confident in the establishment, I'll risk an egg salad on Dutch crunch, but I must be very confident indeed.

~Gail Carriger

Topics: Am Confident Crunch Dutch Egg Establishment Indeed Must Occasionally Risk Salad Very I Am

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To the best of my knowledge, my youngest reader is 10 and the oldest is 95.

~Gail Carriger

Topics: Best Knowledge Oldest Reader Youngest

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: May 4th, 1976

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