Luisa loved Sara Hantz's The Second Virginity of Suzy Green and here's Sara to answer our burning questions.
Please describe your latest book in 15 words or less:
Seventeen-year-old high school student reinvents herself, even wangling entry into the Virginity Club.
Where do you like to write your books (in bed, a coffee shop, an office)?
I mainly write in my office, but now I’ve bought a fabulous new laptop I intend to write everywhere – on the sofa, in the garden, on the beach... You name it I’ll be writing there.
Your favourite chick-lit book?
Can I make that books? I love all the Shopaholic books by Sophie Kinsella. Actually, I love any book by Sophie Kinsella – she’s my hero!
Your favourite female heroine (if different from above!), and why?
Becky, from the Shopaholic books because she’s so funny, and for all trouble she causes, and scrapes she gets into, there isn’t a malicious bone in her body.
What tips would you give to any of our readers who want to become writers?
Just do it! I spent a number of years thinking I wanted to write, instead of biting the bullet and actually doing it. I regret not starting sooner, it’s the most enjoyable and satisfying (and frustrating!!) job I’ve ever done.
What are you reading at the moment?
Saving Zoe by Alyson Noel. It’s a young adult book and is absolutely brilliant.
What are you working on now? (If you can give us a hint!)
A book called Dating the Megan Russell Way, about a teenage girl who sells psychic dating advice at school so she can pay off a huge debt.
Do you have a theme song?
I don’t know whether you’d call it a theme song, but It's Not Where You Start (It's Where You Finish) from the musical Seesaw is a song that inspires me.
What question have you never been asked in an interview, but think you should have been? (Tell us the question and answer it too, if you like!)
What underwear are you wearing? Ok, maybe not as I really don’t want to talk about my well worn M & S knickers which I can only stock up on when I visit my rellies in the UK once every three years.
How about… It’s been said that everyone has an age they feel, whatever their real age. What’s yours?
In my head I’m twenty-two. It feels right. And being twenty-two helps when writing for young adults. To me it feels like yesterday when I was a teen. I still remember angsting over all sorts of things. The only problem with being 22 is that in the not too distant future my children will be older than I am!
Thanks, Sara!