![]() Many people think bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders are creepy! Did you have to get over your fear of any (or all!) of them to write this story? Running around in the woods with my friends.ĥ. What kinds of things did you enjoy doing when you were 11? Also, neither of us likes to ride roller coasters and we've both changed a lot of diapers.īut Gregor is much braver than I am…if I even see a regular sized rat in New York City I immediately cross the street.Ĥ. I think I'm like Gregor because we both want to do the right thing but sometimes have trouble figuring out what it is. I remember being eleven very clearly and I had a lot of friends who were boys so it felt pretty natural being in Gregor's head. Is there anything you find/found difficult or challenging in writing from the perspective of an 11-year-old boy? No magic, no space or time travel, there's just a ticket to another world behind your clothes dryer.Ģ. That you could be going along preoccupied with your own problems and then whoosh! You take a wrong turn in your laundry room and suddenly a giant cockroach is right in your face. I liked the fact that this world was teeming under New York City and nobody was aware of it. Of all the places Gregor could have traveled to, why the Underland? Here is an interview that I did with Jen Rees at Scholastic Press:ġ. ![]()
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