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#Giveaway Interview RED: The True Story of Red Riding Hood by Liesl Shurtliff @LieslShurtliff @RandomHouseKids

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by Liesl Shurtliff
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers

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red“Red is the most wonder-filled fairy tale of them all!”—Chris Grabenstein, New York Times Bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library.

Red is not afraid of the big bad wolf. She’s not afraid of anything . . . except magic.
But when Red’s granny falls ill, it seems that only magic can save her, and fearless Red is forced to confront her one weakness.

With the help of a blond, porridge-sampling nuisance called Goldie, Red goes on a quest to cure Granny. Her journey takes her through dwarves’ caverns to a haunted well and a beast’s castle. All the while, Red and Goldie are followed by a wolf and a huntsman—two mortal enemies who seek the girls’ help to defeat each other. And one of them just might have the magical solution Red is looking for. . . .

Liesl Shurtliff weaves a spellbinding tale, shining the spotlight on a beloved character from her award-winning debut, Rump. 

And don’t miss Jack: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk, “a delightful story of family, perseverance and courage” (Booklist).

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Liesl Shurtliff was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, with the mountains for her playground. Just like Rump, Liesl was shy about her name, growing up. Not only did it rhyme with weasel, she could never find it on any of those personalized key chains in gift shops. But over the years she’s grown to love having an unusual name—and today she wouldn’t change it for the world!
Before she became a writer, Liesl graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in music, dance, and theater. She now lives in Chicago with her husband and three young children, where she still dreams of the mountains. Rump is her first novel.

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PLEASE WELCOME LEISL to BOOKHOUNDS YA!

  1. What is on your nightstand?

An oil diffuser

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

Classic Poetry

Time Magazine

 

  1. What author would you totally fan?

There are so many authors I adore, but I’m going to go with a deceased author, Lewis Carrol, author of Alice in Wonderland. He perfectly blends mad quirkiness and magic with math and logic, and it seems he was quite a character in real life as well. I would just love to have a mad tea party with him!

 

  1. What makes you cringe?

Infected wounds. Also catching my own typos after I’ve posted something online. I try to be careful, but there’s always something that slips. The your/you’re is the worst for me! I really wish I had a social media copy editor.

 

  1. Are you worried that your google history will get you into trouble?

Not really. I’ve been pretty conservative with my online presence and luckily social media wasn’t a big thing until I graduated college, otherwise I probably would have to worry about something I posted in my youth. It’s a lesson I’m trying to teach my children now. We all make mistakes. The internet keeps really good track of them.

 

  1. Do you obsessively plot out each point or just go with the flow?

 

Mostly I go with the flow. I sketch a light outline in the beginning to at least give me a general sense of where I’m going, but there’s so much I discover along the way and a lot can change from my original plans. Big things can turn on small hinges, and I don’t always see those small hinges from the start.

 

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Comments

  1. I think I would go with Snow White 🙂
    This book got me intrigued thank you for this chance 🙂

  2. My favorite Fairy tail of all time would have to be Snow White. I would love to love in the woods with the seven dwarfs. Even if i had an evil step mother who came and gave me a poisoned apple.

  3. I love so many fairy tales; it’s impossible to choose just one. I actually had a book as a child called Tales from Silver Lands. This book had tales from around the world and I loved a tale about a ball that had rainbow colors. I don’t remember much about it now, but it had a brother, sister, and (I think) a llama. The stories were so beautiful and/or frightening. I also love the scarier, real versions of fairy tales. They forcefully drive the lessons home, though I’m not sure I’d read them to small children.

  13. Little Red Riding Hood was always a favourite. I remember my Mom making me a red hooded cape for Halloween one year.

  15. So hard to have a favorite! If I was totally forced to choose I would pick Beauty and the Beast. (or maybe Sleeping Beauty)….oh my!

  16. I love fairy tales, but I am currently loving the new fairytales. Land of Stories, Rump, Jack. These updates are bringing fairy tales to a whole new group! I hope to win Red and introduce it to my students!!

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