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Nina Malkin
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Nina Malkin

Nina Malkin is the author of five YA novels, including Swoon and Swear, one novella, and an adult memoir. She’s also an award-winning journalist specializing in pop culture and lifestyles, whose work has appeared in The New York Times,... Read full bio

Author Revealed:
Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
A. that's the great thing about having an inner life — you're already there.
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Nina Malkin Revealed
Revealing Questions
Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
A. write, rock, eat, play, argue, obsess, swoon, sweat
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Plot! Character! Language!
Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
A. dinner in belly, cat on belly, head on loved one's lap.
Q. What’s your greatest fear?
A. unbeing
Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
A. that's the great thing about having an inner life — you're already there.
Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
A. $^#%@!, *&%^#! and #%&^@!
Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
A. i have a lot of hair
Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
A. humor, honesty & hunger
Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
A. buffet
On Books and Writing
Q. How did you come to write Swoon?
A. The concept of a contemporary girl who becomes possessed by the spirit of a boy from another century had been bobbing around in the brain snot for some time. Then, a betrayal in "real" life fueled the idea and — bang! — 83,386 words later, SWOON.