Lori B. Duff
Author Interview - Lori B. Duff
Author I draw inspiration from: Truly it depends on the day. I want to make people laugh like David Sedaris, Jenny Lawson, and Dave Barry do. There’s not enough laughter in the world.
Favorite place to read a book: The hammock chair on the back deck of my house.
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: When I was little, I used to spend hours dreaming of what it would be like to have Laura Ingalls Wilder time travel to come visit me so I could show her all the modern marvels of the 1970s. I’ll stick with her.
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: Somewhere around first grade. Then it got knocked out of me by practical concerns. Then it came back to me around the age of 42 when I lost an election due to smoky backrooms and decided that picking up childhood dreams was a lot more productive than a career-ending midlife crisis.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: Hardback
The last book I read: Early Riser by Jasper Fforde
Pen & paper or computer: Computer. Otherwise, no one (including me) would be able to read what I wrote.
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: This is so uncreative a choice, but I’m going to have to go with Hermione Granger. If she’s already taken by the hordes of other women and girls who have chosen her, I’ll take Harriet M. Welsch of Harriet the Spy fame.
If I wasn’t an author, I’d be a: Lawyer, since that’s what I’ve done for the past quarter century. (Gasp. Don’t hate me.)
Favorite decade in fashion history: 1920s
Place I’d most like to travel: I’d like to eat my way across Italy.
My signature drink: Coffee, most days. When I’m feeling frisky, anything with bourbon in it.
Favorite artist: Frida Kahlo
Number one on my bucket list: Buy a bucket to put the list in.
Anything else you'd like to add: Don’t ever say you don’t want to read a book because you don’t like the genre – “I don’t like sci-fi” or “I don’t like romance”. Don’t pigeonhole books. All books are good if they are written well. They can all be funny or exciting or thought provoking or emotional or whatever you’re looking for in what you read. The plot is just the vehicle.
