Today, I'm honoured to have YA author Julie Anne Peters stopping by my blog for LGBTQ YA Month to discuss her novel Luna, and a few other of her books.
How did you come up with the idea for Luna?
One early morning, at 3:00 a.m., I had a visitation. She was a girl, sixteen or so, with shoulder-length blonde hair and bangs. Characters don’t usually come to me so vividly or fully formed. She said, “Write about me.”
I said, “No. Go away, whoever you are. You’re freaking me out.” I don’t believe in ghosts or spirits.
She was back the next night. She said, “Write about me.”
“No,” I told her. But since you’re here, who are you?”
She replied, “I’m Luna.”
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How did you come up with the idea for Luna?One early morning, at 3:00 a.m., I had a visitation. She was a girl, sixteen or so, with shoulder-length blonde hair and bangs. Characters don’t usually come to me so vividly or fully formed. She said, “Write about me.”
I said, “No. Go away, whoever you are. You’re freaking me out.” I don’t believe in ghosts or spirits.
She was back the next night. She said, “Write about me.”
“No,” I told her. But since you’re here, who are you?”
She replied, “I’m Luna.”
Luna by Julie Anne Peters - In Peters's critically acclaimed novel, she explores another neglected but important issue: the inspirational story of a transgendered teen. Luna confronts the mystery, the confusion and the struggles of gender identity in this profound, heartbreaking, yet ultimately heartening story. Through the eyes of his sixteen-year-old sister Regan, struggling with her own adolescence, we witness Liam resolve to stop hiding in his basement bedroom, and become Luna to the outside world.
