Do you have any author(s) you particularly admire and why? Do you like any particular character from your new book?Īs a writer I have to like all my characters…even the ones I hate! Otherwise it’s impossible to depict them as fully dimensional human beings, flaws and all. But there are deeper messages too, about feminism, finding oneself and the transformative power of friendship. What do you hope readers and other writers alike take away from it? I hope it cheers readers up during these difficult times. I wrote a book set at a New Jersey mall in 1991 to escape a relentlessly negative news cycle. – Any particular inspiration behind your new book? I keep writing for as many hours as he’ll let me type uninterrupted before he claws at my arm because he wants me to cuddle on the couch. I write in the mornings after I walk my dog Louie. Those are the words I’ve lived by ever since. My first grade teacher gave me a notebook with the words I LOVE TO WRITE on the cover. What inspired you to take up writing as a means of self expression?
I was described in my first review as “Judy Blume meets Dorothy Parker.” Twenty years later, I’m still trying to live up to that high praise. Let’s get right into what Megan McCafferty has to say! Megan McCafferty, beloved New York Times bestselling author of the Jessica Darling series, takes readers on an epic trip back in time to The Mall. But you know what they say about the best laid plans… Set entirely in a classic “monument to consumerism,” the novel follows Cassie as she finds friendship, love, and ultimately herself, in the most unexpected of places. In six weeks, she and her boyfriend head off to college in NYC to fulfill The Plan: higher education and happily ever after. Cassie Worthy is psyched to spend the summer after graduation working at the Parkway Center Mall. Scrunchies, mixtapes and 90210 are, like, totally fresh. New York Times bestselling author Megan McCafferty returns to her roots with this YA coming of age story set in a New Jersey mall. It’s titled THE MALL (out July 28th 2020)and yay, I got to have a questions and answers time with her.
Hi everyone! Today’s my stop for the blog tour for Megan McCafferty’s new book.
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