Nat asked Heather Demetrios:

I don't know if this question has been asked before so I'm sorry if it's a repeat. Was Creek View in I'll Meet You There based on any one particular real town in California? Or was it based more on a general region in the state?

Heather Demetrios Hiiiiii! Sorry this took me so long to get back to you. It slipped through the cracks. First, thank you so much for reading! It's not based on a particular town, but sort of a composite of all the town I used to drive past from Central CA to LA. And then made-up stuff, too. It became very real to me as I wrote it, so now I feel like it's really there. :)

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You may have answered this question before - but if young-adult fiction didn't exist as a recognized or legitimate format of literature, would you still write young-adult fiction?

Kelley asked Heather Demetrios:

I just finished "I'll Meet You There"! Reading your Author's Note and Acknowledgements was so enlightening! I just wanted to really thank you for sharing this novel. It must've been heart-rending to write. How did you sustain the stamina that must've been needed to complete a novel like this?

Gillian asked Heather Demetrios:

What is your favorite "YA" book from the time before YA became an established genre? For instance, I loved Jane Eyre, Homecoming and Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt, Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood, and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers.

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I don't know if this question has been asked before so I'm sorry if it's a repeat. Was Creek View in I'll Meet You There based on any one particular real town in California? Or was it based more on a general region in the state?

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You may have answered this question before - but if young-adult fiction didn't exist as a recognized or legitimate format of literature, would you still write young-adult fiction?

I just finished "I'll Meet You There"! Reading your Author's Note and Acknowledgements was so enlightening! I just wanted to really thank you for sharing this novel. It must've been heart-rending to write. How did you sustain the stamina that must've been needed to complete a novel like this?

What is your favorite "YA" book from the time before YA became an established genre? For instance, I loved Jane Eyre, Homecoming and Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt, Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood, and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers.

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