Dani has been trained as a thief by the best--her mother. Together, they move from town to town, targeting wealthy homes and making a living by stealing antique silver. They never stay in one place long enough to make real connections, real friends--a real life
In the beach town of Heaven, though, everything changes. For the first time, Dani starts to feel at home. She's making friends and has even met a guy. But these people can never know the real Dani--because of who she is. When it turns out that her new friend lives in the house they've targeted for their next job and the cute guy is a cop, Dani must question where her loyalties lie: with the life she's always known--or the one she's always wanted.
In the beach town of Heaven, though, everything changes. For the first time, Dani starts to feel at home. She's making friends and has even met a guy. But these people can never know the real Dani--because of who she is. When it turns out that her new friend lives in the house they've targeted for their next job and the cute guy is a cop, Dani must question where her loyalties lie: with the life she's always known--or the one she's always wanted.
Elizabeth Scott is the author of such popular and acclaimed books as Bloom and Perfect You and coming this fall, Living Dead Girl. As you can see, she's a busy girl and we're happy she took a moment to join us at the Cafe!
Melissa W: Tell us about your newest book, and what was your inspiration for this story?
Elizabeth: Stealing Heaven is about a girl named Danielle, who travels around the country with her mother, robbing houses. They focus on stealing antique silver. (For real!) But when they travel to a small coastal town, Danielle starts to really question what she and her mother do, and tries to decide what kind of life she wants.I got the idea for the story because I wanted to write a book about a mother/daughter thief team, and I wanted the daughter to *not* want to be a thief. The only problem was, what could they steal? I didn't want them robbing banks or anything like that, and after reading an article about someone who'd tried to steal antique silver, I thought "huh." It was just such an unusual thing to steal, and the more I thought about it, the more it felt like it was the right thing for my two thieves to chase after.
Melissa W: Do you remember writing the first words? Are they still the same?
Elizabeth: I do, and they are! (A rare thing, that!)
Melissa W: It sure is! What kind of research did you have to do for this story?
Elizabeth: I did a lot of research--I read about antique silver, of course, but I also read about thieves, and lock-picking, disabling alarm systems (they really have books about that), police work--all kinds of stuff, really.
Melissa W: So if you ever need a part time job, you'll have something to fall back on! What is the hardest part of writing for you?
Elizabeth: Revising. I have to do a lot of it, and there are times when I'm rewriting a story for the third (or fourth. or fifth.) time when I start to get pretty tired of it. It's one of the many reasons why I don't read anything I've written once it's published.
Melissa W: I'm with you on the revising! How did you become a writer?
Elizabeth: Totally by accident! I was 27, bored out of my mind at work, and decided to try writing a short story. I ended up finding a bunch of people who were willing to read it, and were very supportive, and from there I just kept going.
Melissa W: If you could be anything else besides a writer, what would it be?
Elizabeth: If I could get paid to read books, I would do that in a second. Half a second, even!
Melissa W: What were you like as a teen?
Elizabeth: Completely and utterly average!
Melissa W: Well, you are far from an average writer. Thanks so much for visiting the Cafe this week!
~~~Cafe Note~~ As a regular part of our interviews, featured authors will pop back in for one week after their interview is posted to answer any other questions blog readers may leave for them. So if you have any questions or comments for Jennifer, send them now! She'd love to hear from you!
12 comments:
The new book sounds fantastic! And what a fun and weird thing to research! So are you indulging in some antique silver to celebrate Stealing Heaven's publication? Or maybe a new alarm system?
Hi Elizabeth - I'm reading PERFECT YOU now and really enjoying it. Can't wait to read STEALING HEAVEN as well. :)
You have been really good about continuing to write and get books out there. They say the best thing a debut author can do for promotion is write the next book. Do you believe that? Do you feel pressure at all to get a new book on the shelf each year, or is that just how you like it, and if so, why?
Thanks so much, and congrats on all of your success!!
I enjoyed your interview!
Did you feel embarrassed or like you had to explain yourself when you were buying or borrowing the books about stealing? Or did you get them over the Internet, wrapped in a plain brown box?
Thanks for a fun and interesting interview. I'm glad you're back - I enjoy your blog! And now I have to go get PERFECT YOU . . .
oops - Meant to add STEALING HEAVEN as well!
Elizabeth, what a great concept. I can't wait to read it! My kids love to watch that show IT TAKES A THIEF (for those of you who aren't familiar, former professional thieves get permission to show home owners how weak their security is by robbing their homes while the homeowners watch.
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Elizabeth, you know I love your books! My question is... what's next after LIVING DEAD GIRL? I must know! (If you're allowed to tell)
Mary, thanks so much for the kind words! As far as indulgences go re: Stealing Heaven hitting shelves, I did treat myself to a Kindle :-)
Lisa! How are you? I saw Michael recently and he sounded so excited about your next book! As far as this: the best thing a debut author can do for promotion is write the next book. I do think it's true. As far as pressure for a book each year, I haven't felt it yet, but I had written several young adult novels before I signed with an agent, and the time between they sold and got published (one of them won't be on the shelves till next year, in fact) gave me time to write.
Debby, I totally got the books over the Internet. Thank goodness for Amazon!
Debbie, thank you *so* much for the kind words, and I hope you enjoy PERFECT YOU and STEALING HEAVEN! :-)
Marlene, thanks! I thought the idea was interesting, and until I started reading about it, I'd never thought about their being money in antique silver. I mean, coins, sure. But forks and stuff? But there is! It's quite interesting.
Melissa! Hope you're doing well :-) After LIVING DEAD GIRL, I've got two books up for release in 2009--SOMETHING, MAYBE (Simon Pulse) in March, and LOVE YOU HATE YOU MISS YOU (HarperCollins) in June.
seems like a good book! I'll have to check it out!
this town heaven is it in Pennsylvania?
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