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Author of The Avalonia Chronicles

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Oct 18 2015

Interview at The Not So Public Library

Interview at The Not So Public Library

I’m honored to be on The Not So Public Library for an interview. Read the excerpt below and check out the full interview on The Not So Public Library.

1) How old were you when you started writing?
I must have been in the sixth grade when I started writing poems. They were really quite bad. I then tried writing fiction, but I would never finish anything because of schoolwork. It was only after I finished my Master’s that I started creating Avalonia, and finished my first book

 

2) What do you want a reader to gain from reading your works?
My main aim is to tell a good story. To make the reader feel involved in the world and identify with the characters. At the same time I want my readers to feel like something about the story helps them to deal with other difficult situations in life.
Nothing is impossible, and it is ultimately your choices in life, strength of character, and courage in the face of adversity, that will determine who you truly are. I think Uncle Gabriel expresses this very well in the book, when he tells Aurora: “When difficulties come, we must see them as what they are—opportunities and a new path to discover your potential. How will you ever know the magnitude of courage that you are capable of, if you have never experienced the hopelessness of fear?”

 

Full Interview on The Not So Public Library

Written by Farah Oomerbhoy · Categorized: The Avalonia Chronicles · Tagged: author, Farah Oomerbhoy, interview, The Avalonia Chronicles, The Last of the Firedrakes, The Not So Public Library

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