Featured Interview With Ben Herr
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
My biggest passion besides writing is social justice. I’m always volunteering, and I love lacing modern issues into my books.
My parents played ping-pong on the east coast between, Atlanta, and Philadelphia. After eleven moves between the two cities I finally decided to stay put in Atlanta.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I really have to give my mom and dad credit for my love of books. One year for Christmas they gave me a treasure chest filled with all the classics, Swiss Family Robinson, Tom Sawyer, The Three Musketeers, just to name a few. Every Friday during dinner I had to give them an oral book report. This continued all the way through high-school.
I wrote my first short story in the third grade, it was titled, The Bad Dream. My classmates loved it so much I turned it into a trilogy. From there I never looked back.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Hands down Douglas Adams, he is snarky, and funny, and genius. My all time favorite book is Faust. I read it at least once a year.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
The story revolves around a young Native American girl named Alynia Sky. She likes to neglect her responsibilities to hangout with her avian friends and daydream of flying. On the eve of her fourteenth birthday she receives a vision to seek out The King of Birds to ask him to teach her how to fly. Unknown to her, the vision has a higher purpose, she has to save the world!
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