Thank you Jim Dean, the person behind YA YEAH YEAH–a great YA blog site–for letting me discuss a few things about Night of the Purple Moon…along with other topics.
3. What YA books have inspired your writing?
All Jules Verne, a lot of Roald Dahl, William Goldman’s The Princess Bride, and short stories by Jack London. Specifically for NOPM: Homecoming by Cynthia Voight and Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. Their characters faced incredible challenges and embarked on epic journeys. As I was thinking about what would eventually become Night of the Purple Moon, I wanted to try to make the challenges and stakes even greater.