Like how T he Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making was first mentioned in Cat Valente’s Palimpsest. I love getting a chance to read those stories from within a book later. It’s fun to create a work of literature within a larger story.īR: I vote YES. In fact, I might want to write that story again. I imagined very few people actually take the risk. You’d have to be in such a desperate situation to take the chance, and couldn’t have much to lose. LT: Oh, I wouldn’t risk it - maybe when i was younger I would have. If given the choice, would you stay, or go? There’s a tale Lazlo has read that explains the origins of gods and monsters: every 50 years, a mist descends on a village, and those who stay take the chance of turning into one or the other. This book was really a love letter to fantasy readers.īR: After all, it’s Lazlo’s fascination with fairy tales that give him his power, and I loved getting a peek at those stories within the book. Some people don’t see how it can train you how to look at problems in a new light. LT: Fantasy doesn’t get it’s proper “props” in the book world. It’s some ways easier to have these conversations about hypothetical fantasy situations. You can divorce the issue from any preconceived notions.īR: For young adults especially, I find fantasy as a great way to spark discussions-I’ve used Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta to discuss displaced peoples and refugees, The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkowski to discuss slavery and rebellion. It lets the reader take them out of the realm of the familiar, look at them in a new way, whether its conquest, genocide, or race. LT: Fantasy is an excellent way to look at real world issues. As with your trilogy Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy, this story is populated with gods and monsters, yet the characters reveal so much about the human condition, and the issues that they struggled with are very present in the real world. It’s a magical place.īR: And you have a particular way with magic. He definitely has the relentless curiosity that’s a prerequisite for the job. A librarian was a better fit.īR: I was particularly struck by the line “he wanted to know everything, and he wanted to help.” Those are the reasons I wanted to become a librarian.
A scholar wasn’t exactly right for Lazlo’s character he needed that craving for knowledge that scholars have, but scholars are more self-centered, inward creatures. LT: Writing him was a trial and error process. It was haunted and there were scenes with Lazlo and ghosts before I worked out the mythology of ghosts in the book’s universe.īR: I’m so glad he turned out to be a librarian. He started as a scholar who lived in a crypt. I wanted to introduce Sarai through the eyes of a stranger, and needed a character who could experience Weep as an outsider. I was delighted to meet him! How did his character come about? Molly Wetta for Book Riot: Let’s talk about Lazlo.
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