Author: Jeff Giles

Quotes

I'd been wanting to try a YA novel for years because I saw how exciting the genre was and how amazing, hungry, and curious the readers were.

I'd been wanting to try a YA novel for years because I saw how exciting the genre was and how amazing, hungry, and curious the readers were.

- Jeff Giles

Because I'm a writer, I'm really good at being nervous.

Because I'm a writer, I'm really good at being nervous.

- Jeff Giles

Any time a young adult book throws a girl and a guy together, the clock starts running on the countdown to the kiss.

Any time a young adult book throws a girl and a guy together, the clock starts running on the countdown to the kiss.

- Jeff Giles

I didn't want to write a pure fantasy novel, though I love those and grew up on J. R. R. Tolkien and Ursula LeGuin.

I didn't want to write a pure fantasy novel, though I love those and grew up on J. R. R. Tolkien and Ursula LeGuin.

- Jeff Giles

It is amazing how quickly a true talent can announce itself. In the case of Myla Goldberg, it is not even a matter of pages, but of sentences.

It is amazing how quickly a true talent can announce itself. In the case of Myla Goldberg, it is not even a matter of pages, but of sentences.

- Jeff Giles

Leaving New York and friends is tough, and there are things about it I still really miss. But Montana is a great place to write.

Leaving New York and friends is tough, and there are things about it I still really miss. But Montana is a great place to write.

- Jeff Giles

Sharon Stone has made a fortune from her movies, so who says you can't get something for nothing?

Sharon Stone has made a fortune from her movies, so who says you can't get something for nothing?

- Jeff Giles

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