Author Interview – Kamilla Reid, on What’s Ahead for Root

We are joined again by Kamilla Reid, author of “The Questory of Root Karbunkulus,” a fun new young adult fantasy novel. If you missed our first installment, click here to get caught up. Kamilla, are we to anticipate any crushes between the characters, or will it all be strictly friendship? Oh, crushes shall abound! Many a smitten heart and even shameless necking! However, Root won’t meet her match until Book 3. My favorite character is Betty, the wisteria vine. How did you come up with the idea for her? It’s funny because, next to the Hovermutts, Betty is clearly one … Continue reading

Author Interview — Kamilla Reid

Today we are joined by author Kamilla Reid, author of “The Questory of Root Karbunkulus,” a new young adult fantasy novel I reviewed yesterday. Kamilla, we’re so glad you could be here today. How did you get the idea for your book? I had the idea for DréAmm, the location for my book, eons ago and because I was involved in live theatre I wrote it as a musical. But I never really liked the feel of it in this format. It felt limited. Plus, I hadn’t quite come into the ‘hook’ yet, that thing that made me go “yes, … Continue reading