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If you're an author, illustrator, or anyone in the YA industry (i.e. publicist, editor, etc.), you can paste your bio in the form below. If you don't have one ready, you can build an interview using the sample questions on this page. Please select at least 5 questions (though more are okay!) and we'll post the interview on the site. (Please be aware that due to the high volume of submissions, it may take up to 3-4 weeks for your interview to appear on the site.)

Questions About Writing & Your Career
Did you always want to be a writer?
Do you have any advice for young writers?
If you weren't a writer, what would you be?
Are you working on anything now?
What is your working environment like?
What is your working style?
Do you believe in outlining?
What is your goal as a writer?
What person or person(s) has/have helped you the most in your career?
What's the best piece of advice you ever had on writing?
What was your big break?
How much of your writing is based on your own experience as a child or teenager?
Do you prefer to write longhand, on a typewriter, or on a computer?

Questions for Illustrators?
What is your favorite medium?
What artists/styles have influenced you the most?
Do you also paint [or sub style/medium here] besides what you do for books?
Do you also write?

Questions About Reading & Influences
What authors have influenced you the most?
What are you reading right now?
What's on your current reading list?
What was your favorite book as a child?
What is your favorite book now?
What is the one book no writer should be without?
What writing magazines or other resources do you find most helpful?

Questions About Personal Stuff & Fun Stuff
What are some of your hobbies?
How does your spouse/significant other feel about your writing career?
What's your favorite movie?
If your book, [insert book name here] was turned into a movie, who would you like to play the main characters?
What's your favorite (or least favorite) book turned movie?
What is your favorite word?
What is your least favorite word?
What's the one question that no one ever asks you and you wish they would? (With answer, please!)

Questions for Publishing Industry (agents, editors)

What are you looking for right now?
Where do you think the industry is headed in the next 5 years? 10?
What're your favorite things about the YA industry as opposed to publishing for adults?
Do you think eBooks will ever completey replace traditional publishing?
What's the biggest mistake that new authors/illustrators make?

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