Have you ever wanted to know what it would be like to hang out with your favorite author(s)? In an attempt to get a better understanding of authors, my Sensational Seven Q & A takes a closer or more personal look at these authors to give you a glimpse of the personalities behind the writing of your favorite books.
“Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a personality which, by birth and quality, is pledged to the doctrines there set forth, and which exists to see and state things so, and not otherwise.” By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Born and raised in Oklahoma, Tara Hudson graduated with a degree in law, mostly because she believed all the horror stories about English majors and their careers in the food-service industry. Luckily, she soon remembered how much she loved telling ghost stories, particularly to her girlfriends who liked visiting abandoned cemeteries as much as she did. Tara currently lives in Oklahoma with her husband, son, and a menagerie of ill-behaved pets.
HEREAFTER is her first novel. It will be released June 7, 2011!
If you were given a chance to travel back in time, what year or place would you go / Why?
I'd probably travel back to the Italian Renaissance to enjoy all the art, philosophy and - of course - literature. (However, I'd probably need to bring an anti-misogyny raygun with me, since that era wasn't exactly known for women's rights!) Describe your novel in seven words or less?
Amelia is dead, but can she save him?
Please share with us about your favorite book and fictional crush to date?
My favorite book of all time is Neil Gaiman's NEVERWHERE, mostly because it holds up so well to multiple (i.e. several hundred) readings. I definitely have a fictional crush on its protagonist, Richard Mayhew - I even lent his last name to one of my main characters, Joshua!
If you could be any character in fiction, whom would you be / Why?
There are so many amazing stories, I'd probably have to be a Fraken-character: Elizabeth Bennet's wit; Melanie Hamilton's kindness; Scout Finch's sass; and Hermione Granger's cunning.
If you could be any character in fiction, whom would you be / Why?
There are so many amazing stories, I'd probably have to be a Fraken-character: Elizabeth Bennet's wit; Melanie Hamilton's kindness; Scout Finch's sass; and Hermione Granger's cunning.
If Hollywood made a movie about your life, whom would you like to see play thelead role as you/ Why?
I think I would die of happiness if the universe cast Emma Stone in the role of "Tara Hudson." She's beautiful and funny, and I have the most enormous girl crush on her. I mean, have you seen EASY A? Case closed.
If someone wrote a biography about you, what do you think the title should be – please explain?
How would you describe yourself/life in seven words?
An overbooked mess of beautiful little moments.
Bonus: **Is there any additional info you would like to share with your readers about what’s next for you and your books?**
I'll be joining four other authors on the Dark Days of the Supernatural tour (info available on my website, http://www.tarahudson.com/), before sinking my teeth into HEREAFTER's sequel, ARISE!
Thanks for stopping by Tara!
For more information about Tara Hudson and her books, please visit her website here.
