![]() What they notice, what is important to them. A big part of transformation for any character (or person, I think) is I think that is very potent, especially for a coming-of-age That is mostly lost at a time right before huge changes take place. In myįirst novel and in Summer in the City of Roses, I wrote a version of a city Important is setting to you in your writing?Ī: Setting and period are both very important to me. Q: As you mentioned, the novel is set in 1990s Portland. Realized-yes, I really want to write that! Orestes set in the riot grrl scene in early '90s Portland.” Then I I just wrote something like, “a mashup of the Grimmįairy tale Brother and Sister and Greek myth about siblings Iphigenia and Us with Wings, and wasn’t sure what to work on next. I had just finished a final editing pass on my first novel, All of One of the questions was about the project I’d be working on Iphigenia and Orestes for years, but the idea came together when I was applying Sister for a few months and had been very interested in Greek myths about ![]() Q: What inspired you to write Summer in the City of Roses ,Īnd how did you create your characters Iph and Orr?Ī: I’d been fascinated with the fairy tale Brother and She also has written the YA novel All of Us with Wings. ![]() Michelle Ruiz Keil is the author of the new young adult novel Summer in the City of Roses. ![]()
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