![]() ![]() ![]() I was using the story as a way to comfort myself. I wrote Weetzie while I was at UC Berkeley, feeling nostalgia for my friends, family and life in L.A. Where did Weetzie Bat come from? She and her “found” family are magical. I’ve always tried to include both in everything I do. When I read “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” I was so excited to see how Gabriel García Márquez did that. I have always wanted to honor the dark and the light, the real and the fantastic. ![]() Your books are always grounded in reality, and yet fantastical things happen. I showed it to my publisher, and we wanted to use the picture on the cover with just the writing changed. Moira told me that “I Was a Teenage Fairy” was her favorite book of mine, and she sent me a photo of herself with the title written on her hand. I communicate with a lot of my readers there, and that’s where I also advertise my monthly writing workshops. Tell us about the girl on the cover of the new book. I always list Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Sinead O’Connor and Patti Smith as my muses. I became interested in punk bands like X when I was a teenager. As a kid, I listened to Joni Mitchell (the female confessional school again) and Cat Stevens. I don’t listen while I write, but music plays a huge part in my work. Do you listen to music when you write? What are some of your musical influences? ![]()
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