Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is Questions I Would Ask My Favorite Authors (Living or dead. You can post 10 questions for one author, one question each for 10 different authors, or anything else!).
Hello Readers! Today’s topic is a hard one for me. Anytime I come across the question of what would I ask my favorite author, I draw a blank. It’s an overwhelming question because I have so many favorite authors, and I always want to ask something unique, something that they’ve never been asked before. So I almost went off-topic, but since I did that last week, I decided to force myself to stick to this one. It’s good to be challenged sometimes, right??
I’ll be listing these in no particular order because how could I pick a favorite author?? That’s like picking a favorite child!
(Link to Goodreads author profile through author’s name.
Link to Goodreads synopsis through book title.)
1
Diana Gabaldon
Outlander has so many layers and characters, it shouldn’t be too hard to come up with a question for the author, but I think I would like to ask her:
Q: Did you know how the Outlander series would end when you started it?
2
Stephenie Meyer
So a few months ago I would have said my number one question for Stephenie Meyer, the author of The Twilight Saga, would have been when will you finish Midnight Sun, but now she’s given us that beautiful book—and while I hate to start pestering her already—I would love to ask her:
Q: Will you ever write a book solely focusing on Alice?
3
Edith Wharton
I was a bit obsessed with Edith Wharton in college and I would love to ask her:
Q: Which one of your novels was the most autobiographical.
4
Elizabeth Acevedo
Elizabeth Acevedo is a new author I’ve discovered, and I fell hard for her characters that leap off the page. I would love to ask her:
Q: Is there a character you’ve created that came to you almost fully formed?
5
Maggie Stiefvater
I can definitely say Maggie Stiefvater is among my top-5 favorite authors. I’ve loved everything I’ve ever read by her. I’ve attended a signing and a writer’s workshop with her, but thankfully I didn’t have to think of a question to ask her. And while I admit the ending of The Raven King left me with many unanswered questions, I’m hoping it means they’ll show up in the Dreamer Trilogy. But now that I’ve had some time to think about it, I would love to know:
Q: What new adventures will Gansey find himself in now that he no longer has to search for Glendower?
6
Cassandra Clare
Cassandra Clare has created so many unique characters in the Shadowhunter Chronicles universe. With every book I think she won’t be able to do it again, but she always delivers. One of my favorite characters is Magnus Bane. And I’m sure this question has been asked, but let’s pretend it hasn’t. I would love to ask her:
Q: Who/What inspired the character of Magnus Bane?
7
Blake Crouch
Blake Crouch created one of the most enigmatic characters I’ve come across in Good Behavior. I feel like there’s so much of her story left. I would love to ask him:
Q: Will there be any more books featuring Letty Dobesh?
8
Dean Koontz
I’ve known what question I would ask Dean Koontz for years:
Q: Will the next installment in the Moonlight Bay series ever be published??
9
Janet Evanovich
It doesn’t bother me as much as some readers that Stephanie Plum, the main character in the Stephanie Plum series, continues to be torn between Joe and Ranger even after 27 books (!!), but I would like to ask Janet Evanovich:
Q: Did you have an ending planned when you started the Stephanie Plum series?
10
Marissa Meyer
I was so happy to see The Lunar Chronicles on so many Top Ten Tuesday lists last week. It’s well-deserved. I would love to ask Marissa Meyer:
Q: If you decided to do a spin-off series from The Lunar Chronicles, which character would you choose to focus on?
Would you like to know the answers to any of these questions, too? Let me know in the comments!
Happy Wandering!
Great questions – great authors!
Thank you! <3
wow. these are such thoughtful questions!
I didn’t have as hard of a time as I expected. 😉
Great post! I love your selections of authors and the questions. A book with Alice as a MC would be really good.
Thanks! Alice has such an interesting story. I would love to know more of it. 🙂
Oh I love the way you formatted this! It looks really nice. I totally feel you on this being a difficult topic. I usually also don’t have an answer, so I decided to ask really specific questions to certain authors. I really like your questions, especially the ones about characters, like where the inspiration came from. I’d love to hear authors talk about that!
Thank you!! <3 Thankfully, it ended up not being as difficult as I thought it'd be. Now, if I ever have to come up with something on the spot, I'm sure I'd draw a blank. 😉
Heading over to check yours out now!
These are all such great questions! I love it. Thanks for the post.
Thank you! <3
Your blog looks really nice.
Thanks! <3
I would love read about a Lunar Chronicles spin-off series one day!! Really liked your questions and chosen authors. ?
Right?? Thank you! <3
Nice. Looks like most people are going with one question for 10 authors. I did mine a bit differently!
Yes, I knew no one wanted 10 questions to Stephenie Meyer. Ha! Heading over to check yours out!
Really great questions, Dedra! Even though I haven’t read some of these authors before I’d still be interested to know the answers ? If Meyers ever does a spin off I hope that she focuses on Iko! She totally deserves her own story 😀
Thanks, Dini. <3 Iko would be a great choice!! She does deserve her own story. ;)
That’s a great question for Dean Kootz.
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I’m sure he’s sick of that question! Ha!
Your question for Edith Wharton is a good one.
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I would love to sit down with her. So ahead of her times. 🙂
I’m sure Gansey will find plenty of non-Glendower related adventures to go on!
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Yes! If only we could go along. 😉
I met Marissa Meyer at an event. Too bad I didn’t know to ask your question. I, too, love Gansy and want more adventures with him. I am enjoying the side series about Rowan Lynch, however, if you haven’t found it. My TTT interview with Jane Austen
That’s so cool you met Marissa Meyer. I’ve seen Maggie in person twice, but I still don’t think I’d be brave enough to ask a question. 😉 I have read Call Down the Hawk, and I really enjoyed it! But I miss Gansey and Blue. Ha!
I would really like to have an answer to that first question about the Outlander series. It’s such a complex and long series. It’s almost possible she made this all up from the beginning, isn’t it?
I feel like she MUST have had an ending in mind when she started with it being so complex, but it’s quite possible she just dove in! 😉
Great list! I haven’t read or watched Outlander, but it’s such an epic series it’d be interesting to know if Gabaldon’s always had the ending in mind.
Yes! It’s such a complex and layered series. She must have had an ending in mind. 🙂
I really love the Alice question and the one about Gansey. Those I would like to have the answers to!
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Maybe someday we’ll get the answers! <3
The Gansey question is such a good one. The ending was ok, but what was next for them? I know I am curious.
Yes! I can only think she has more plans for them with such an ambiguous ending, right?? 🙂
Oh my gosh YES – I would love a book focusing on Alice! I love Magnus too, and would love to know who inspired Magnus. Great questions!
I’m a new follower – so great to (virtually) meet you!
Welcome Lyra! After reading Midnight Sun, I had a whole new appreciation for Alice. Now I REALLY want a book solely on her and Jasper. And Magnus is so fascinating to me. How does an author dream up such a character?? 😉
Great list! I’m often curious if authors know how a series will end when they start book one, too.
Yes! It gives me peace of mind to know they have it all planned out. 😉
Great post! I totally hope she will write a book solely on Alice!!
Yes, yes, yes! But I really hate to start bugging her after finally getting Midnight Sun. 😉
I haven’t read from any of these authors (although Marissa Meyer and Maggie Stiefvater are both on my to-read list), but I love the way you did this post! The questions are great. I particularly like the ones about if an author knew the ending to their series…it’s always an interesting one since it can go either way!
Yes, it’s hard for me to imagine an author not planning out an ending before they start, but I guess it probably happens more than I think! 😉
What a great list, I’d like to ask Stephenie Meyer if she is doing a sequel to The Host!
Yes! I debated between both of these questions, but having just finished Midnight Sun, Alice was on my mind. 😉 I really hope she finishes The Host!
Great pick of authors and great questions.
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Thank you! <3
Ooooe I should read Good Behavior!
Send these out to your authors! Maybe they’ll answer you…
Keep well!
Elza Reads
I hope you pick up Good Behavior and enjoy it! There was a short-lived adaptation, as well. 🙂
I always feel like authors probably get tired of answering questions, but we’ll never know if we don’t ask, right?? Ha!
I’d love to hear the answers to these questions. I’m especially curious about whether the authors knew the endings of long series before they began the books.
Yes! That’s the one I’m always most curious about, too. 🙂
I love how you broke these down by author! There’s a lot of great questions in here. I’m really curious in the question for Diana Gabaldon, too.
Thanks Sammie! <3
I abandoned this TTT after spending an over trying to come up with questions for the authors 😀 I love the questions you thought of and would love to know authors’ answers to them. Especially Acevedo’s 🙂
Ha! It is a bit overwhelming trying to come up with questions for the authors we love. 😉
Great questions!
Thank you! <3
Great questions! I’d love to hear the answers to the Marissa Meyer and Maggie Stiefwater ones.