Author: Jeff Giles

Quotes

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

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

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

I like beautiful writing, pain, unexpected humor, and the message that, at the last second, people are going to be kind to each other. It almost doesn't matter what the genre is.

I like beautiful writing, pain, unexpected humor, and the message that, at the last second, people are going to be kind to each other. It almost doesn't matter what the genre is.

- 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

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

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