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An Interview with Karen McCombie
This month we're bringing you Karen McCombie, author
of the best-selling Ally's World and Stella Etc. series'.
When she's not writing books (like the shiny, sunshine-y
Stella Etc. series or the irresistible Marshmallow
Magic and the Wild Rose Rouge) Karen likes to indulge
in her hobbies of belly-dancing and patting cats,
but not at the same time.
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1. What was your favourite
book when you were a child?
It was the whole "Little House on the Prairie"
series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, which is nothing
like the slushy TV show that your soppy aunt probably
likes. It's the true-life story of a girl growing up
in the 1800s, moving from the East Coast to the West
Coast of America with her pioneering family in a covered
wagon. I've re-read the series several times - and now
you've got me thinking about it, I think I'll dig it
out and start all over again! |
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2. If you could be any character
from a book, who would you be and why?
Probably Laura Ingalls Wilder - even just for the
chance to see herds of buffalo roaming across vast prairies
covered in wild flowers (ie, before America got covered
in malls, freeways and drive-in McDonalds). |
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3. Can you tell us a secret
about yourself? Something that readers might be surprised
to learn about their favourite author?
Well, my secret hobby (no sniggering, now!) is belly-dancing.
I do it with a bunch of other girls in a draughty church
hall once a week, and it's BRILLIANT fun. (It's also
where I got the inspiration for book 5 in the Ally's
World series: "Boys, Brothers and Jelly-Belly Dancing".)
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4.
Lots of Girl Talk readers love writing and aspire to
be authors when they're older. Please could you suggest
a first line (or a title) for them to turn into a story?
OK - here's a title in the style of Ally's World: "Luck,
Lurve, and Deep, Deep Dippiness"! |
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