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*Ramya*
*Ramya* asked Shannon Messenger:

Hi Mrs. Messenger! Just wanted to say... my amazing librarian,(don't know if I'm allowed to share her name), brought KOTLC, EXILE, and EVERBLAZE to our middle school library(I'm 11). I read the 3 books consecutively in three days, pre-ordered NEVERSEEN, read it, and needed the fifth book for my fav book series in Space. I even made my mom read KOTLC. Are any of the KOTLC characters based off of humans from our world?

Shannon Messenger Yay for an awesome librarian introducing you to my books! And no, I work very hard not to base my characters off real people, partially so I can let them truly have their own personalities, and partially because ... well ... I let bad things happen to my characters, and if I based them off people I know, those people would get mad at me.
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Grace Duncanson
Grace Duncanson asked Shannon Messenger:

If you could meet only one of your Keeper Of The Lost Cities characters in real life, who would you choose?

Maya
Maya asked Shannon Messenger:

Hello! I have a really weird question :) What's the html colour code for the colour of Fitz's eyes? (I was reading Legend by Marie Lu and she did this for one of her characters, so that's where I got the idea XD) http://html-color-codes.info/

Casey Reed
Casey Reed asked Shannon Messenger:

When you come up with characters do you draw them before putting them into your story so you can imagine what they look like?

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