Tell me a little about yourself (where you live,
who you are, what you look like, what you hope
to achieve, etc.)
My name is Michelle Thorn. I’m fifteen years old, I lived
with my parents in our home overlooking the ocean on the Oregon coast. We were
a pretty typical family, my dad was an auto mechanic, my mom a travel agent,
and I was part of the high school team on our way to the state soccer
championship. I don’t like bullies, and since I am stronger and faster than the
senior boys, I don’t have to, and I don’t have to let them pick on my friends
either. The day I ran into Doctor Carlos Safine my life went from, “Wow, hope I
do well on my math test,” to “Wow, I hope I live through tomorrow. Now my
biggest hope is to someday return to a normal life.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Sports.
Soccer, basketball, martial arts, and surfing. That’s what I used to like to
do. Nowadays, I’m lucky if I can go for a run. The closest I am able to get to
sports is sneaking through the forest, but I do get a lot of time practicing
loading, unloading and field-stripping a variety of weapons. And my big, I mean
really big friend Wallen is teaching me more than I ever wanted to know about
all sorts of military stuff.
What is your favorite color and why?
Green. It’s the color of life. The forest is full of life,
and even the air is green when you get deep in the trees.
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What is your favorite food? Why is it your
favorite?
Pizza. Because it’s like, the all around food. If I’m feeling
down, pineapple and onion. If we just won our soccer game, mushroom and black
olive. When I pass the math test I've been stressing over for a week, Greek
pizza with feta cheese, red onions, green peppers, and green olives. Oh, and
chocolate-chip cookies, because they are the food of the gods, from the time
they begin to perfume the house to the time those chocolate chips melt on my
tongue, it’s like the sweetest expectation. And they have all your basic food
groups, wheat, milk, chocolate, and sugar.
What would you say is your biggest quirk?
I don’t deal well with frustration. If I’m frustrated, I’m
not going to hide it, you will know if you've done something so ignorant that
it irks me. And it won’t be pretty.
What is it about your antagonist that irks you
the most, and why? Share a line in the book
where this irk is manifested.
I believe in fair play, on the soccer field and off.
Homeland Security Chief Danson crossed lines that should never be crossed,
proving he is anything but fair. “She’s a single mom with a blind daughter. Why
does it have to be taken care of? If
we kill her, are we any better than Danson or his Homeland Security goons?”
What or who means the most to you in your life?
What, if anything, would you do to keep
him/her/it in your life?
My parents. Lots of kids at school rag on their parents,
some only have a mom or dad. I’m lucky, I have both my parents, and they’re
pretty cool. They give me enough freedom to enjoy life, and enough structure to
keep me close. I would do anything to keep them in my life.
What one thing would you like readers to know
about you that may not be spelled out in the
book in which you inhabit?
I’m a team player. I may argue with my teammates, but in the
end, we are all on the same team. When I am in a game, the team matters more
than individuals. We win or lose as a team, and even though I am faster and
stronger than any of my soccer teammates, we agree on a strategy and stick to
it. When I decided to join Dr. Safine, I began to see him and the other Newvers
as teammates.
If you could tell your writer (creator) anything
about yourself that might turn the direction of
the plot, what would it be?
Even more than my team, my family is one of my top
priorities. If anyone hurts any member of my family, I will hunt them down and
make them pay.
Ask me any question. I've always wanted to know
what a character thinks about writers like
myself. I'll answer the question at
the end of this interview.
Why do readers want us good guys to go through so much pain
and suffering, I mean, do we really deserve to be beat up
so much?
This is a question I've been asked before, but my answer bears repeating. Characters are just like real people in the sense that they must go through the bad and experience the good. If a book held off in the "pain and suffering" department, the character wouldn't be able to learn and grow, just like a real person wouldn't.
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Thank you, Michelle!
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