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• who am i?

  Nova Ren Suma: fiction writer. Lives: NYC. Wrote: DANI NOIR (tween), out right this very minute from Simon & Schuster. Writing: IMAGINARY GIRLS (YA), out sometime in 2011 from Dutton, just have to finish it first. Loves: a boy named E. Refuses to eat: meat, slimy things, and brainy foods like oranges. Very partial to: voicey first-person fiction, stripes. More about me here. Or visit my website: NovaRen.com.

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  By phone: I never pick up, so there's really no point.

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• Interviews

  About the imaginary town of Shanosha, the alternate reality of film, and summer vacation on Buzzine.com.
  
  About Antioch College and how it made me the writer and person I am today on the Antioch College Alumni Association website.
  
  About my noir influences, distractions, and why I write YA on the B&N.com Blog Unabashedly Bookish.
  
  About asking myself What If?, 5 things that inspired my writing, and my best advice on Shelf Elf (a part of the Winter Blog Blast Tour 2009).
  
  About writing in Dani's voice, my favorite scenes and characters, and my plans for future novels on A Passion for Books.
  
  About slipping into the skin of a 13-year-old, my favorite film bits, and revising as I go on SusanAdrian.blogspot.com.
  
  About Go Ask Alice, living in Paris, and the coolest writing thing that's happened to me since selling my first book on JoëlleAnthony.com.
  
  About publishing a book upside down, ghostwriting and lying, and how I feed my muse on In the Weird.
  
  About writing for tweens vs. writing YA, my gorgeous cover, and my 13-year-old angst on CourtneySummers.ca.
  
  About city impostors, Francesca Woodman, and making a choice between work and art on Culturebot.
  
  About movies, living inside a children's book, and my most coveted superpower on Bri Meets Books.
  
  About fantasy professions, my life's motto, and how messy I am on SimonandSchuster.com.

• Recent posts

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