GCC: E. Lockhart

E. Lockhart is touring with GCC this week. She’s the author of  a book for teenagers, Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything.  Gretchen Kaufman Yee goes to an art school in New York City. She's a collector of plastic Chinese food and odd figurines, a passionate comic-book artist, and a crazy Spider-man fanatic. She's also completely freaked out by the opposite sex -- in particular, the Art Rats, a group of guys in her drawing concentration. One day, she wishes she could be "a fly on the wall of the boys' locker room," just to find out what the heck guys really talk about. E. has kindly answered the questions she gets asked the most often about where she gets her ideas, why she writes YA, and her creative process. You can also check out her blog and MySpace page.

Mystery Links

Harley Jane Kozak made a big splash in the mystery world with Dating Dead Men. If you wondered how Kozak came up with a greeting card shop owner as a sleuth or where she got the name “Wollie Shelley,” Kozak explains all in this interview. She also talks about Dating is Murder and being part of the Lipstick Chronicles blog.