Fun Five: AS King

Nov 7, 2011 by shanyn

Fun Five
AS King

Author of Everybody Sees the Ants

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1. What is your favorite household chore?
That’s tough. All my favorite chores are outdoor chores and are things I don’t do anymore since I sold the farm in Ireland. I used to love mucking out the chicken pens. Loved it. I liked mowing, too. Especially in designs. Even with a push mower. I liked everything to do with the gardens, even weeding. But inside the house, I don’t like many chores. I used to have a Zen thing with the laundry but that died. I don’t mind washing dishes

anymore but I used to really really hate it. I roughly dislike both vacuuming and cleaning bathrooms. Does working count? If so, that’s my favorite household chore. Who needs a clean house when all you ever see is a computer screen?

2. Where is the last place you went on an airplane?
Omaha, Nebraska.

3. How many toppings do you order on pizza?
The only topping I might add is pepperoni. For the most part, I eat mine plain. Or white. (So, zero. Or -1.)

4. What time do you generally eat breakfast?
Anytime between 9 and never. There is no structure when it comes to me and breakfast.

5. Describe your favorite pair of shoes.
My favorite pair of shoes is a pair of Doc Marten boots that go all the way up my knees. They’re brown with a strange seam down the front and though they looked really odd in the picture online when I bought them, they turned out to be the most comfortable pair of shoes ever.

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About Everybody Sees the Ants:
Lucky Linderman didn’t ask for his life. He didn’t ask his grandfather not to come home from the Vietnam War. He didn’t ask for a father who never got over it. He didn’t ask for a mother who keeps pretending their family is fine. And he certainly didn’t ask to be the recipient of Nadar McMillan’s relentless bullying, which has finally gone too far.

Lucky has a secret—one that helps him wade through the daily dysfunction of his life. Grandad Harry, trapped in the jungles of Laos, has been visiting Lucky in his dreams—and the dreams just might be real: an alternate reality where he can be whoever he wants to be and his life might still be worth living. But how long can Lucky remain in hiding there before reality forces its way inside?

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From AS-King.com:
Amy’s newest YA novel, Everybody Sees the Ants (Little, Brown October 2011) is a Junior Library Guild selection, has received several starred reviews, and has been called “a subtly written, profoundly honest novel” by Booklist. Her 2010 YA novel, Please Ignore Vera Dietz was a Michael L. Printz Honor Book, an Edgar Award Nominee, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book for Teens 2010, a Junior Library Guild selection and a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults pick. Her first YA novel, The Dust of 100 Dogs, was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an Indie Next pick and a Cybil award finalist. Her short fiction for adults has been widely published and was nominated for Best New American Voices 2010. Amy now lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and children and is a huge fan of Kurt Vonnegut, corn on the cob, nice weather, libraries, her community swimming pool, and fleece socks.

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