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11.11.05 Kat and Mouse Interview

Benjamin Ong at top comic news site Newsarama interviews me about my girls' mystery series Kat & Mouse, which debuts in May 2006: "'It's the president of Harvard's fault, you know, saying that us ickle girls' pretty heads weren't suited to science or math,' de Campi exclaimed. 'So I thought, up yours, academic dude who probably hasn't gotten laid since Carter was president, I'm going to write a book that gives girls a science hero. Kat solves mysteries using science, and Mouse chips in on the programming/maths side. But the science stuff isn't done in a preachy way - it's more like, KA-BAM! Cool stuff! Okay, on with our story.'" More, including hot guys, a European princess, and a mysterious school thief - not to mention some serious bitchiness. Um, in the story, not from me. For once.

Below, some of Federica Manfredi's art from the book:

In other news, I'm drowning. With the writing I do, I get paid six months after finishing books. This means that although I have more work than I can handle right now, I still can't quit my part-time job. My editor on the illustrated kids' series has just said she wants to commission books 1 and 2 back to back. I don't know whether to dance with joy or collapse from exhaustion.

( 10:17 AM )

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