Friday, March 12, 2010
A Q&A with Suzanne Harper, Author of ‘Fun and Frothy’ Books for Teens
ShelfLife sat down with Suzanne Harper, an English and journalism alumna, to talk about her two young adult novels, “The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney” (Harper Collins, 2008) and “The Juliet Club” (Harper Collins, 2008).
Did you set out to write fiction for young adults?
All through college and graduate school and many writing courses after that, I really wanted to write mysteries for the adult market, although I kept reading children’s books during that time simply because I enjoyed them so…