Featured Interview With Vanessa Kings
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born on March 14th of 1985, in Rosario, Argentina. I lived there until I moved to Buenos Aires with my boyfriend in 2004. We are currently living a small town called “Capilla del Monte”, in Cordoba, Argentina. We have a 15-month-old son and 3 cats.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
At the age of 10 I wrote my first fairy tale as a way to deal with a very painful earache. I found writing comforting and distracting. After that day, I continued writing every time I felt the need of leaving realty behind.
By the age of 18 I had around 120 pieces written of fairy tales, poems, life’s reflections and other stories. I always wanted to publish my stories but never had the confidence to do it. After my son was born, my husband and my best friend gave me the confidence that I needed to start writing my first book.
At the moment I have only one book finished and published, Chronicles of the Nocturnal Forest (Stories of the fairy of my dreams #1). I already started the second book of the series, The diary of Amanda, which I hope to publish this year.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite book of all times is “Alice in Wonderland”, by Lewis Carrol. I read it about 30 times and never get bored of it. I always loved the lack of logic on the story, the crazy characters and their clever conversations.
A book that marked me for ever, was “The never ending story”, by Michael Ende. I always dreamt of being pulled into one of my books and be the hero of the story, I read it countless times with the hope of hearing the voice of the Childlike Empress calling for my help. It never happened, but it was the main influence to my writing.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
hronicles of the Nocturnal Forest, is my first and latest published book. When I was about 12 years old I started putting some of my stories together and connecting them to create a novel. When I decided to really write my book, I translated them to English and added Melanie, who wasn’t a character of the stories but it is the glue to connect them all.
The main inspiration I had was the books and movies of my childhood and the need to bring that kind of stories back. As I say on my blog and twitter, my main purpose is to bring the fantasy back, the old fashioned fairy-tale kind of fantasy.
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