Steph Bowe
http://heyteenager.blogspot.com
Steph Bowe is a seventeen-year-old YA author. Her debut novel, Girl Saves Boy (a tale of life, death, love… and garden gnomes), was published by Text Publishing in September 2010. She writes a blog called Hey! Teenager of the Year about her adventures as a teenager, author & reader at http://heyteenager.blogspot.com.
1. Describe yourself in 4 words?
Curious, sleepwalker, awkwardly charming.
2. Who, or what, inspires you to write?
Everything! Wondrous authors and books I read, new experiences, interesting conversations overheard – everything is a potential story, and there are ideas everywhere. I’m inspired to write most of all by the brilliant stories I read and the desire to create stories other people can enjoy.
3. Did you always want to be an author? If you weren’t, what job would you do?
I’ve loved stories and writing for as long as I can remember, and have wanted to be an author since I was seven. If I wasn’t an author, I’d still want to have something to do with words – be a journalist or an editor.
4. What are you reading right now?
I’m re-reading Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley and it is terribly brilliant.
5. What is your favourite thing to do during the summer holidays?
Lie in the sun and read all afternoon.
