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Suzanne Morgan Williams Revealed
About Suzanne Morgan Williams
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What is your birthdate?:8/12
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Previous occupations:Teacher, Christmas card folder, file clerk, ice cream scooper
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Favorite job:being a writer
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High school and/or college:University of California, Davis
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. Pretty darn good. I can't imagine being bored.
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. You pretty much get what you give.
- Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
- A. Oh, there's a joyful place that I've come to recognize. It's sun reflecting off a mountain lake, or playing with my dog and forgetting everything else. It's knowing our kids are happy. Knowing I finished something well - especially if it was hard to do. Being with friends and laughing until we can't remember what was funny to begin with. For me, happiness is measured in moments.
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. I'm not so thrilled about pain and death.
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. Right here, at home. Or France. Or the Arctic Circle. Or. . .
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. Man, I have no idea. Man. Geez, what a question. Man.
- Q. What do you regret most?
- A. Regrets are best used in writing books.
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. I would love to be an accomplished pianist - or can I fly?
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. Physically? I hope it's my smile.
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. I've always loved Anne of Green Gables.
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. I'm not much for villains, but Captain Hook scared me and Golum from the Lord of the Rings haunted me.
- Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
- A. People who don't do what they say.
- Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
- A. Exploring back roads.
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. Zoo keeper
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. honesty, kindness, humor
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. sweet tamales - or fresh crab or mangos or avacados or chocolate. Please, do I have to pick?
On Books and Writing
- Q. How did you come to write Bull Rider?
- A. Writing about rodeo is a natural for me because I live in Nevada with horses and cows across the street and cowboys for neighbors. I can't remember when I saw my first horse show or rodeo. Bull Rider started out as a book for very young readers about Cam O'Mara who wanted to be a bull rider but his mother said no. But it was the brother I created for Cam - Ben, who was injured in Iraq - whose story I kept coming back to. When I figured out that Bull Rider was the story of the two brothers, I knew it needed to be a book for older readers and the book you know began to take shape.
