Elise Hooper
Author Interview - Elise Hooper
Author of Learning to See and Fast Girls. See Elise Hooper’s 2019 Author Interview here.
Author I draw inspiration from: Louisa May Alcott
Author Interview - Elise Hooper
Favorite place to read a book: The beach
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Circe from Madeline Miller's wonderful book.
Author Interview - Elise Hooper
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: When I first visited Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House as a young girl
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: All.
The last book I read: The Book Woman Of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
Author Interview - Elise Hooper
Pen & paper or computer: Both. It depends where I am in the writing process.
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Anne Shirley
Author Interview - Elise Hooper
If I wasn’t an author, I’d be a: an English teacher
Favorite decade in fashion history: 1960s because I'm currently working on a book set during this period.
Place I’d most like to travel: Japan. I was able to spend a quick day there, but I'd like to return and spend more time.
My signature drink: French 75
Favorite artist: Dorothea Lange
Number one on my bucket list: Leave my house! (I'm writing this in the middle of pandemic quarantine 2020.)
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Author Bio: A native New Englander, Elise Hooper spent several years writing for television and online news outlets before getting an MA and teaching high-school history and literature. She now lives in Seattle with her husband and two daughters.
Author Interview - Elise Hooper
