We heard of the new book The Replacement over the summer and just had to talk with author Brenna Yovanoff!
RTR:If you could have lunch with anyone, alive or dead, who would you choose and why?
Brenna: I thought about this a long time and I would pick Sarah Silverman. She seems like she’d be fun. In a totally disruptive way.
RTR: What’s your guilty pleasure?
Brenna: Oh man, I have so many of these—it’s actually hard to choose. But one favorite: lunch alone at a Chinese restaurant with a Stephen King novel. Best rainy afternoon ever!
RTR: Is The Replacement the only book you have ever tried to publish?
Brenna: I queried one book before I wrote The Replacement. Let’s just say, I hadn’t quite figured out that pacing was a thing yet.
RTR: Do you have any weird talents or hobbies?
Brenna: Hmm. I don’t know about weird, but I do love survival-horror video games and I have a pretty big collection of pretty obscure ones, which is not something people expect when they meet me.
RTR: What is one word you could use to describe The Replacement?
Brenna: Eerie.
RTR: Who is your favorite character from a book?
Brenna: Today I like Roswell best because he is personable and easy to get along with. Sometimes though, I like the Morrigan best because she is . . . not.
RTR: Juiceboxes or jukeboxes?
Brenna: Although I do love juice, I’m going to have to go with jukeboxes. I love flipping through the records
RTR: How did you discover the idea for The Replacement and what made you want to become a writer?
Brenna: I don’t know that I discovered the idea so much as just had it bouncing around in my head for a really long time. I’d seriously been thinking about it since high school, and then one day it just seemed like a good time to write it.
RTR: What is your favorite book at this very second?
Brenna: Jellicoe Road, by Melina Marchetta—I love that book so much, and even though it has a lot more going on than just the romance . . . what a romance!
RTR: What are some odd jobs you had before you were a writer?
Brenna: I had a few different jobs in high school—not the interesting kind, mostly just dishwashing. But in college, I worked in a photo shop, and that was really great. I liked it a lot and stayed there all through undergrad and grad school, because I like machines and I also like looking at other people’s photos. (Because I am nosy like that.)
Thanks for having me!
And thank you for agreeing to talk to us!!! We can’t wait to get our hands on The Replacement!
RTR:If you could have lunch with anyone, alive or dead, who would you choose and why?Brenna: I thought about this a long time and I would pick Sarah Silverman. She seems like she’d be fun. In a totally disruptive way.
RTR: What’s your guilty pleasure?
Brenna: Oh man, I have so many of these—it’s actually hard to choose. But one favorite: lunch alone at a Chinese restaurant with a Stephen King novel. Best rainy afternoon ever!
RTR: Is The Replacement the only book you have ever tried to publish?
Brenna: I queried one book before I wrote The Replacement. Let’s just say, I hadn’t quite figured out that pacing was a thing yet.
RTR: Do you have any weird talents or hobbies?
Brenna: Hmm. I don’t know about weird, but I do love survival-horror video games and I have a pretty big collection of pretty obscure ones, which is not something people expect when they meet me.
RTR: What is one word you could use to describe The Replacement?
Brenna: Eerie.
RTR: Who is your favorite character from a book?
Brenna: Today I like Roswell best because he is personable and easy to get along with. Sometimes though, I like the Morrigan best because she is . . . not.
RTR: Juiceboxes or jukeboxes?
Brenna: Although I do love juice, I’m going to have to go with jukeboxes. I love flipping through the records
RTR: How did you discover the idea for The Replacement and what made you want to become a writer?
Brenna: I don’t know that I discovered the idea so much as just had it bouncing around in my head for a really long time. I’d seriously been thinking about it since high school, and then one day it just seemed like a good time to write it.
RTR: What is your favorite book at this very second?
Brenna: Jellicoe Road, by Melina Marchetta—I love that book so much, and even though it has a lot more going on than just the romance . . . what a romance!
RTR: What are some odd jobs you had before you were a writer?
Brenna: I had a few different jobs in high school—not the interesting kind, mostly just dishwashing. But in college, I worked in a photo shop, and that was really great. I liked it a lot and stayed there all through undergrad and grad school, because I like machines and I also like looking at other people’s photos. (Because I am nosy like that.)
Thanks for having me!
And thank you for agreeing to talk to us!!! We can’t wait to get our hands on The Replacement!
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