Treg Julander asked Treg Julander:

What are three things people may not know about you? (Omitted from Books & Benches interview.)

Treg Julander My daughters’ middle school cancelled their drama class. My wife and I had experience directing a high school summer Shakespeare program, and we know the great value of theater training for kids, so we volunteered to run an after-school drama program at the school for four years. It was great to work with youth again and to flex our theater skills. Scripts that are appropriate for middle school students are hard to find. So one year I wrote a script for the kids to perform—a Facebook parody called Fallsbrook, depicting people behaving in real life like they do on social networks.

I love rock music, which shows through in the main character of my novel. I also enjoy learning about the meaning behind songs. So a few years ago, I got together with some buddies and created a podcast called Rock Tale Hour. In each podcast, we choose a song and tell the stories behind the song and the band.

While I was in law school in Washington, D.C., I was a White House intern in the Office of Presidential Letters and Messages. I worked on compiling all the separate policies for handling incoming correspondence into a single manual. One of the interesting things I remember is that the White House regularly receives gifts of food, and the policy required all perishable items received to be donated to a homeless shelter.

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