#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Natasha Deen
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I’d like to welcome author Natasha Deen to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!
A few of your favorite things:
Friends, family, and tea!
Things you need to throw out:
Old mindsets about what it means to be a writer.
Things you need for your writing sessions:
Socks, white noise or music, treats (cookies!)
Things that hamper your writing:
Outside noise (construction), busy environments (coffee shops), myself ;-)
Things you love about writing:
Engaging readers with my stories and being one of the reasons they’ve had a good day/night.
Things you hate about writing:
Writer’s block.
Hardest thing about being a writer:
Baahahahaaaa!! Everything not connected with daydreaming the story.
Easiest thing about being a writer:
Daydreaming the story.
Things you’d walk a mile for:
My friends, family, and pets
Things that make you want to run screaming from the room:
Toxic people
Favorite books (or genre):
I love all of the genres!
Books you wouldn’t buy:
Anything that promotes/celebrates dysfunctional relationships, toxic masculinity, misogyny, racism, or homophobia
Most daring thing you’ve ever done:
Deciding to be a professional writer.
Something you chickened out from doing:
Sky-diving
The funniest thing to happen to you:
Too many to list—on the list, going to junior high/high schools and being mistaken for a new student.
The most embarrassing thing to happen to you:
Mixing up vehicles and almost breaking into the wrong car (thinking it was mine)
The coolest person you’ve ever met:
My parents and grandparents
The celebrity who didn’t look like he/she did in pictures/video:
Never met one.
The nicest thing a reader said to you:
Anytime a reader would like to chat with me, I think that’s pretty nice. ^_^
The craziest thing a reader said to you:
Not crazy, but adorable—doing a school visit and having one of the grade 3 students invite me home to dinner.
About Natasha
Guyanese-Canadian author NATASHA DEEN has published over forty works for kids, teens, and adults. Her novel, In the Key of Nira Ghani, won the 2020 Amy Mathers Teen Book Award and her upcoming novel, The Signs and Wonders of Tuna Rashad, is a JLG Gold Standard Selection and a CBC Top 14 Canadian YA books to watch for in spring 2022. She’s also the creator of the Lark and Connor Ba mystery series. When she’s not writing, Natasha teaches with the University of Toronto SCS and spends A LOT of time trying to convince her pets that she’s the boss of the house. Visit Natasha at www.natashadeen.com and on Twitter/Instagram, @natasha_deen.
