Ami

Ami asked Paul Tremblay:

You write young people and siblings in such an amazingly true-to-life fashion. Does that come from your own experience with siblings or more so from the interactions of your children? PS: Merry is perhaps my favorite fictitious 8-year-old. She ranks right up there with Scout Finch. Thank you for writing such an amazing tale. I can't wait for more.

Paul Tremblay Hi, Ami. Thank you very much for the read and kind words. This makes my day!

When writing AHFoG, my daughter was Merry's age, so I took a lot from here. I also took from my older son, the high school students I teach, and my own sibling memories (I'm very close with my brother and sister). I still think of myself as a kid; a very cranky, confused, and achy kid. ;)

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Rachel

Rachel asked Paul Tremblay:

Not a question, but mad props! I loved the book, and read it as an ARC. But I just read an article in which Stephen King refers to 11 of the books he found "scariest", and Head Full Of Ghosts topped the list! I was so happy for you, and "Ghosts", I almost started crying!!!!! Halloween is coming. Can we have more scary and twisted please? Congratulations!!!

Rita Platt

Rita Platt asked Paul Tremblay:

Dude. I'm not obsessed with you. It just seems that way because this is the third question I've asked. But, if we were hanging out and having coffee or a beer I'd been asking you a lot more questions. So three really isn't that many and certainty doesn't connote obsessions (me thinketh the lady bullshit aside...) So question: What? You don't have a uvula? Are you sure? Because that seems kinda odd.

Kelly

Kelly asked Paul Tremblay:

I am currently in school for creative writing, hoping eventually to go into the publishing/editing field and of course get some writing published of my own. Did you take any english/literature/creative writing courses in college, aside from the normal required general education courses? I am just curious since you have your masters in mathematics.

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