fall book season is in full swing and
today, jennifer brown stops by to talk about
her debut, HATE LIST!
About Hate List
Five months ago, Valerie Leftman’s boyfriend,
Nick, opened fire on their school cafeteria. Shot
trying to stop him, Valerie inadvertently saves
the life of a classmate, but is implicated in the
shootings because of the list she helped create.
A list of people and things they hated. The list
her boyfriend used to pick his targets.
Now, after a summer of seclusion, Val is forced
to confront her guilt as she returns to school to
complete her senior year. Haunted by the memory
of the boyfriend she still loves and navigating rocky
relationships with her family, former friends and the
girl whose life she saved, Val must come to grips with
the tragedy that took place and her role in it, in order
to make amends and move on with her life.
About Jennifer Brown
Jennifer Brown is the author of HATE LIST, a YA novel
coming out in September 2009. As a two-time winner
of The Erma Bombeck Global Humor award and weekly
columnist for The Kansas City Star, as well as Saturday
Featured Blogger for Mom2MomKC.com, Jennifer spends
a lot of time dressing up her dog for laughs and thinking
of new ways to works words such as “Puh-lease” and
“Ch-yeah!” into sentences. Jennifer grew up in the Kansas
City, Missouri area, where she still lives with her husband,
three kids, and whole herd of uncooperative pets.
and the cindy interview!
1. who is your literary character crush?
Oh, there are so many! But if I were to choose one
out of a hat today, and thinking crush-crush, not
oh-I-really-admire-that-person crush, but *fans self*
crush… it would be… Ranger, in the Janet Evanovich
Stephanie Plum series. Seriously, he’s way hot!
2. who is your author crush? (does not have to
be romantic!)
Marian Keyes, because I’ve never read something
of hers I didn’t just absolutely love and wish I’d written!
3. what is your favorite pastry?
I’m not big on pastry, really. Got any cake?
4. what is the favorite scene from your novel?
The scenes with Val and her therapist, Dr. Hieler.
congrats on your debut, jennifer!!
to learn more about jennifer : jenniferbrownYA.com
and indiebound love to purchase her debut!