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Barbara Odanaka Revealed
About Barbara Odanaka
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Previous occupations:Yacht brass polisher, Los Angeles Times reporter, parking valet.
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Favorite job:Skateboarding in an inflatable cow suit.
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Name of your favorite composer or music artist?:The Frames (Irish alt-rock)
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. Rolling, rollicking, coffee-fueled chaos---with chocolate pit stops.
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. Good books, cuddly cats, strong coffee---the muses of my life.
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. Stepping on frogs in my bare feet.
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. Sitting by the edge of the sea in Taveuni, Fiji.
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. Stoked!
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. My height--or lack thereof.
- Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
- A. People talking during movies!
- Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
- A. Performing school assemblies on the life of an author!
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. Honesty, sincerity, humor.
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. Rocky road ice cream.
On Books and Writing
- Q. What are your 5 favorite books of all time?
- A. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Remains of the Day
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Snowy Day - Q. Is there a book you love to reread?
- A. Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
- Q. How did you come to write Crazy Day at the Critter Café?
- A. I was skateboarding next to a dairy (phew) in Chino, California. The residents were mooing, loudly. I took that as a direct order to write a book involving a skateboarding cow.
