The stirring Michael Northrop stopped by The Book Resort
to talk about blizzards ~ not the DQ kind ~ life on the wrong side of the tracks & to celebrate the starred reviews Gentlemen received from Publishers Weekly & Booklist...
Confetti toss may begin...
Me: What are you working on now? (If you can give us a hint!)
MN: Scholastic just bought my second YA novel. It’s called TRAPPED, and it’s about seven kids stranded in their high school during a weeklong blizzard. I will be editing that for a pretty fast turnaround.
Me: Spiderman or Superman:
MN: Superman, he’s an icon. (This, by the way, may be the only possible matchup in which I’d pick the DC character over the Marvel one.)
Me: Wonder Woman or Batgirl:
MN: I’ll say Wonder Woman. I can’t be convinced that fighting crime in a swimsuit is a good idea, but at least she’s doing her own thing. Batgirl is kind of a spin-off.
Me: Chunky or Smooth:
MN: Chunky. We’re talking about my dance moves, right?
Me: Favorite flavor ice cream:
MN: Coffee
Me: Favorite ice cream topping:
MN: Butterscotch, but not on coffee ice cream; that would be weird.
Me: Subway or Taxi:
MN: Subway, but I walk whenever I have the time. I live on 50th street, so I can walk up to 90th or down to the west village without too much trouble.
Me: Broadway Show or Movie Theater:
MN: Movie theater. I had three musical theater roommates in college and I’m still recovering from the rehearsals. Just the words “Meet me in St. Louis” make me catatonic. I like dance, though, and I work part-time at Dance Magazine.
Me: TiVo or DVR:
MN: Neither. If I can’t find something on 150 channels, I shouldn’t be watching TV.
Me: Favorite vacation place:
MN: My hometown, Salisbury, CT. It’s a tiny town in the foothills of the Berkshire mountains.
Me: Next vacation destination:
MN: Salisbury.
Me: Favorite NYC hotspot:
MN: Does Books of Wonder count? Otherwise, I’ll say Lincoln Center.
Me: Guilty Pleasure:
MN: Tough call, either crystal meth or role-playing prostitutes. I’m sorry, did I type that or just think it? Actual answer: Cadbury Creme Eggs.
Me: Good luck charm:
MN: A stuffed dragon named Scorch; he guards my dreams. Don’t judge me.
Me: When you were young, you thought you would grow up to be a….
MN: I wanted to be a mounted policeman and patrol the world on horseback.
Me: Last thing bought at the mall:
MN: Arthur Treacher’s fish and chips. I don’t go to malls very often, so I get really excited by the food court options.
Me: Item on your grocery list:
MN: Chunky peanut butter!
Me: French fries or Onion Rings:
ND: Fries
Me: Pizza: New York or Chicago?
MN: New York
Me: Midnight snack:
MN: The blood of innocents
Me: Bookmark or dog ear?
MN: I usually use the receipt for the book as a bookmark. I wander into a lot of bookstores and it helps avoid confusion (and arrest).
Me: Read with dustjacket or remove it?
MN: With it, unless I’m, like, on the open seas or in a sandstorm or something.
Me: Ocean, Lake, Desert, Mountain:
MN: This is basically a steel cage death match between ocean and lake. The winner: ocean.
Me: Favorite book:
MN: Steel cage match between Watership Down and The Great Gatsby. Winner: Watership Down. Those rabbits are tough.
Me: Item you can't live without:
MN: Lungs
Me: Who is your favorite writer that most people have never heard of?
MN: It’s probably Scottish writer James Kelman. He wrote a fantastic novel called How Late It Was, How Late.
Me: Describe your ideal place to write:
MN: Hogwarts.
Me: What are you reading @ the moment?
MN: Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala. It’s about child soldiers in Africa.
Me: Where do you usually read?
MN: In my apartment or on the subway.
Me: Do you usually have more than one book you are reading at a time?
MN: Nope. I am a slow, deliberate reader. (I am, technically speaking, dyslexic.) There’s a small chance that reading two books at once would make my head explode.
Me: Do you read nonfiction in a different way or place than you read fiction?
MN: Nope, just a bit less often.
Thank you to the hilarious Michael for thederanged riotous time I had.
Do you have a copy of Gentlemen yet? What?
MN: In my apartment or on the subway.
Me: Do you usually have more than one book you are reading at a time?
MN: Nope. I am a slow, deliberate reader. (I am, technically speaking, dyslexic.) There’s a small chance that reading two books at once would make my head explode.
Me: Do you read nonfiction in a different way or place than you read fiction?
MN: Nope, just a bit less often.
Thank you to the hilarious Michael for the
Do you have a copy of Gentlemen yet? What?
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