Fierce Reads Interview and Signed books Giveaway!

Hey all! We had the most awesome opportunity Friday night at the Fierce Reads signing at Keplers! Macmillan asked us to be the bloggers for the event and of course we said yes. So not only did we get to go to an awesome signing (which Macmillan gave us finished copies to have signed and give away, fill out the rafflecopter form below), meet some awesome authors, and grab some killer swag. We got to interview them! These ladies were awesome! They made us laugh till our bellies hurt and they are all just super nice and really smart people!  Due to time constraints and other issue such as bay area traffic and two signings in one day we didn’t get to ask all of the questions we wanted to but we got a good amount of them answered.

So without further ado meet Jennifer Bosworth, Anna Banks, Leigh Bardugo, Emmy Laybourne, and Marissa Meyer!

Jennifer Bosworth Struck- (Quite possibly the most demented hot chick we’ve met btw lol)

Two Chicks- Since Struck is a standalone (for now hint hint Macmillan) what are you currently writing?

Jenn- I’m writing two standalones. One is called The Hive it’s a cross between The Ring(Movie) and Big Love (TV Show). The other is called The Knife Sharpeners Daughter it’s a post-apocalyptic, fantasy, western…… Definitely not crap ;)

Ok we’re soooooo freaking excited to read The Knife Sharpeners Daughter!!!!!!! Jenn if you need beta readers we’d be happy to oblige lol ;)

Two Chicks- Who has been your favorite character to write?

Jenn- "the villan (Prophet) because I empathize with the monster"

Anna Banks Of Poseidon- (Funny, sweet, mentioned something about taking showers in her bra, and after talking to her we didn’t hear a southern accent… much lol)

Two Chicks- When is the sequel (yes there is one) to Of Poseidon going to be released?

Anna- About this same time next near.

Two Chicks- Toraf is hilarious! Who do you see playing him if Of Poseidon was going to be made into a movie?

Anna- I can’t remember his name but he’s Jason O’Mara’s daughters’ boyfriend on Terra Nova.

*** We has a pic!***

Hottie right?!?!

Two Chicks- Who has been your favorite character to write?

Anna- Toraf because he was good natured, long suffering and...dumb.

Leigh Bardugo Shadow and Bone- (Lover of Labyrinth, cries easily, Team Finnick… Jaime thinks they may be twins separated at birth JK lol ;)

Two Chicks- Who do you picture when you’re thinking of Darkling?

Ok so here she mentions David Bowie from Labyrinth and Jaime looses the rest dreaming of Jareth lol but, then she mentions author Jenn Rush and her tumblr page and Jaime’s ears perk back up.

Leigh- Jenn found this model Sean O’Pry he is darkling!!!

Unf nuff said!

Two Chicks- Any hints for book 2?

Leigh- There’s a title it’s Siege and Storm (releasing 2013)

Two Chicks- Who has been your favorite character to write?

Leigh- Sturmhound a privateer who shows up in book 2.

Marissa Meyer Cinder- (Sailor Moon Fan, has crazy dreams that turn into awesome stories, and is hilarious!)

Two Chicks- How much of Cinder and Kai will be in Scarlet?

Marissa- Cinder will be in all of the books. There won’t be much Kai in Scarlet he’s in maybe 3 chapters but, he’s in book 3 Cress more.

Two Chicks- Can you tell us more about Wolf (he’s in Scarlet) he sounds intriguing?

Marissa- He’s sexy… a street fighter with a dark and mysterious past. That’s all I can say for now.

Two Chicks- Who has been your favorite character to write?

Marissa- Captain Carswell Thorne in book 2 because he's a sexy scoundrel.

Emmy Laybourne Monument 14- (Totally laid back, really funny, and OMG she was in Superstar!!!!!)

Yep that's Emmy next to Molly Shannon!

Two Chicks-Hints for book 2?

Emmy- It’s really scary. So scary that I actually wrote it really fast lol.

Two Chicks- Who has been your favorite character to write?

Emmy- Max because he was just right in my brain. He would make me laugh.

So then we went into our lightening round questions with all of the ladies and we laughed so hard at some of their answers!

What is the latest novel that you read? 
Marissa Meyer: Enchanted by Alethea Kontis "freaking amazing" 

Leigh Bardugo: Altered by Jennifer Rush "just started (this one)"
Emmy Laybourne: Fire by Kristin Cashore "delightful" 
Anna Banks: Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne "gave me high blood pressure" hahaha
Jenn Bosworth: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn "freaking amazing" 

Twitter or Facebook?

Leigh- Twitter

Anna- Twitter

Jenn- Facebook

Marissa- Twitter

Emmy- Facebook

Favorite Superhero?

Leigh- Black Canary

Anna- Ironman

Jenn- Thor

Marissa- Hulk

Emmy- Jason Bourne

Favorite TV show?

Leigh- Game of Thrones (we all whoop!)

Anna- The Walking Dead (whooping again!)

Jenn- Buffy The Vampire Slayer (swoons over Spike)

Marissa- Firefly (swoons over Nathan Fillion)

Emmy- Battlestar Galactica  the new one (Cylons rock!)

Team Peeta or Team Gale?

Leigh- Finnick! (Jaime totally agrees!)

Anna- Gale

Jenn- President Snow (see demented? lol)

Marissa- Peeta (she kept saying “He Bakes!” lol)

Emmy- Gale

What are you afraid of?

Leigh- Sharks, monkeys, and blimps.

Anna- Crabs…(all kinds of crabs) we all LOL at this one!

Jenn- Death

Marissa- Spiders

Emmy –Leeches

Writing Letters or Email?

Leigh- Mostly email but I got the best fan letter and I wrote them back. I loved it!

Anna- Email but I’ve been sending postcards to my daughter since I’ve been on this trip and it’s been really cool!

Jenn- Email. I don’t even know if I remember how to write any more lol.

Marissa- I like letters better but I don’t really have the time to write them so email.

Emmy- Letters

Make sure to check out the Fierce Reads Facebook page for some cool trailers and chapter samplers. Or you can go to their website to download a free chapter sampler!

So here’s the giveaway deets! We got a finished copy of each book plus a ton of signed swag! There will be five winners. The grand prize winner will get to choose their book first, the 2^nd place will get their choice, then so on and each winner will get a signed bookmark from each of the authors! So fill out the rafflecopter form below and good luck!

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