Karen Katz Revealed
About Karen Katz
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Previous occupations:costume designer,album cover designer,book jacket designer
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Favorite job:what I do now..write and illustrate my books
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High school and/or college:West Orange High School,Tyler School of Art,Yale graduate school of art and architecture
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Name of your favorite composer or music artist?:at the moment..yo yo ma and black eye peas
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Favorite movie:most recently Slum dog Millionaire
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Favorite television show:Big Love,24,Lost,True Blood,House,The Closer
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. great,lucky to do what I love,not perfect
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. today could be a great day
- Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
- A. Figuring out a difficult painting, hanging out with my daughter after school, having my husband make a delicious dinner, reading good fiction and then watching masterpiece theater. Watching the sun set over Lake Atitlan in Guatemala was pretty good too.
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. running out of white paint when I have a deadline.only kidding..that question is too serious.
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. right here in my living room reading a good book,or maybe in Mexico on the beach.
- Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
- A. my 5 year old self
- Q. Which living person do you most admire?
- A. my mother who fought cancer three times
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. what do you think of this?
- Q. What do you regret most?
- A. never finding a good hairdo
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. to be a prima ballerina
- Q. What is your greatest achievement?
- A. without a doubt raising a fabulous daughter
- Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
- A. I worry too much
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. tolerence
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. today?Billy Elliot after he became a principle dancer
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. I'm funny
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. Olive Kitteridge
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. can't think of one right now
- Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?
- A. let me think about that for a few days
- Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
- A. people who unwrap candy in movie theaters
- Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
- A. I actually spend most of my time painting,but I guess the answer would have to be being a mom
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. being a backup singer
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. these questions are so serious! ok love,trust,courage
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. now that’s an insane question.brown rice or Crème du leche ice cream
- Q. What are your 5 favorite songs?
- A. today? Maneater/ Nelly Futado...Helplessy Hoping/ Crosby Stills & Nash...I gotta feeling/Black Eyed Peas...El Cuarto de Tula/ Buena Vista Social Club.....My Everything/Barry White
On Books and Writing
- Q. How did you come to write Shake It Up, Baby!?
- A. I wanted to do something fun and interactive. What could be more fun than shaking a book that is a rattle!
- Q. How did you come to write Shake It Up, Baby!?
- A. I wanted to do something fun and interactive. What could be more fun than shaking a book that is a rattle!
