Featured Interview With Vanessa Kittle
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in Virginia and now live in New York, though I belong in Ireland, California, or Hobbiton.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
It was somewhere around 2nd or 3rd grade when I got the boxed set of Lord of the Rings. From there until I got into tennis junior year I read Fellowship maybe 100 times.
I wrote my first story in 4th grade about a swordwielding otter named felix.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Tolkien, Lewis, Bradley, Salinger, Asimov
I read scifi, fantasy, and literary fiction
I wouldn’t say that I have any particular influence or inspiration in writing. The closest probably would be Salinger.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
Elaenorh is a crossover between fantasy and hard science fiction. I like to think of it as literary fantasy, focused on character as much as plot. There’s some strong Irish mythology and history themes. In the second half there is an interesting relationship between a person and an AI.
I worked on the book for about 4 years. I was hesitant to write it as it was a lot of work for something that few would likely ever see, but I decided that if it meant something to one random person out there it was worth it. We shall see if my efforts paid off.
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