From the Mailbag

And here’s the point in our show where we answer letters from the audience. Today we have three lovely letters. The first is from a young woman with a bone to pick:

L. writes:

Hi, I enjoyed your first book very much.  However, when you mentioned prep schools, you displayed immense favoritism towards Andover. Exeter is not, and has never been, inferior in any way to Andover. Of course you can write whatever you’d like in your books, but I’d just wanted to share my opinion. It’s all prep school rivalry anyways. 🙂

Also, upon further research, I have found that both Andover and Exeter had secret societies. You may be interested in the following… [lots of redacted info about high school secret societies…]

Dear L.,

Thank you for reading. I must admit that I’m baffled by your observation, as upon examination, I mention Andover and Exeter precisely once apiece in my first novel. Additionally, my main character is unlikely to hold a preference, being a midwest public high school graduate.

Have you read THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS, by E. Lockhart? It’s about secret societies at east coast prep schools,and I think it may be right up your alley.

Yours in 312,
Diana

K. writes:

Who do you suggest I read while I am waiting for Ms Ryan’s book to come out and I have to wait till May to see what happens to Amy.

Dear K.,

I know, it’s such a hardship to wait for the release of THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH, the debut novel by Carrie Ryan. I’m mindlessly slavering at the fence line, myself. Luckily there are some other fab novels available right now. I’m enjoying SHADOWED SUMMER, the debut novel by Saundra Mitchell, which is a spooky southern ghost story.

Unicorns rule, Zombies drool,
Diana

M. writes:

I just read on [blog redacted] that you have a book about killer unicorns. I am writing to tell you that unicorns are SO not evil. They are adorable. I don’t think you should make unicorns evil in your book.

Dear M.,

Thank you for your interest. You will be happy to learn that unicorns are not evil in my book. Rather, they are killers, like sharks, or wolves, or humans. When they kill, they do it for food, or to protect themselves. And, like people, some of them are very adorable indeed. I look forward to hearing your reaction to Bonegrinder, who despite her bloodthirsty tendencies, is a real cutey-patootie.

Sparkle on,
Diana