Persia Walker Revealed
About Persia Walker
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What is your birthdate?:12/3
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Previous occupations:News writer for The Associated Press
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Favorite job:News Writer for AP Broadcast in Washington, DC
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High school and/or college:H.S. of Performing Arts & Swarthmore College
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Name of your favorite composer or music artist?:Boney James
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Favorite movie:Notorious
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Favorite television show:Life
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
- A. Having time for the people you love and the resources to care for and protect them.
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. That these extra ten pounds will stick with me.
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. In my own house in Provence.
- Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
- A. The Invisible Woman.
- Q. Which living person do you most admire?
- A. My 92-year-old-mother.
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. Just, just, just.
- Q. What do you regret most?
- A. Not taking that trip to Grenoble in my junior year of college.
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. I would sing.
- Q. What is your greatest achievement?
- A. At times overcoming my lack of self-confidence
- Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
- A. Lack of self-confidence
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. My compassion.
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. Me
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. Personal warmth.
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. Harry Bosch
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. Gem McKay
- Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?
- A. I would meet Veronica, the woman who wiped Jesus's face with a cloth. I would ask her where she found the courage to perform such a singular act of kindness. I'd also ask her, "What did you do with the cloth?"
- Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
- A. That I'm so disorganized
- Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
- A. Watching television on my laptop.
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. Being a bestselling writer.
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. Honesty, loyalty, a sense of humor
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. Tangerines
On Books and Writing
- Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?
- A. Take acting classes to better your craft and think of yourself as an entrepreneur, with your books as your products and your publisher as your partner.
- Q. How did you come to write Harlem Redux?
- A. I was living overseas and thinking about home. I knew a lot of expats and people who were living in political exile. The idea came to me to write about a man who was living in self-imposed domestic exile -- in the 1920s.
