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A novel is a conversation starter, and if the author isn't there for the after-party, both the writer and the reader are missing a lot.

~Maggie Stiefvater

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'Misty of Chincoteague', 'The Black Stallion', the 'Saddle Club' books, I read 'em all. I was horse-crazy.

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My parents were very permissive when it came to animals. As long as we earned the money to buy them and built whatever structure it was they were going to live in, we could have any kind of pet we wanted. They would have let us have a rhinoceros if we could have afforded it.

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The big thing in my family growing up is that everybody had to play a musical instrument. We were like the von Trapps.

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When I was a child, I was one of the kids who wore black all the time, and when the kids asked me why I wore black, I said things like, 'I'm mourning the death of modern society.' I mean, I was a riot.

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I do all of my good thinking at over 65 miles per hour. The speed limit is, luckily, the same speed as my brainstorming speed.

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I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action or interesting the plot twists, if I don't feel like I'm meeting someone who feels real, I'm not going to be compelled to read further.

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I feel like I have so many stories basting in my mind, and they come busting out when they're ready.

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I think that whenever a book is not a challenge, I'm telling the wrong story.

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I adore book-to-film adaptations when they're done well, and I'm more lenient than many readers when it comes to what counts as 'done well.' For me, the most important thing is that the film maintains the spirit of the original book.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: November 18th, 1981

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