Love Sucks and Then You Die, Page 3
Michael Grant
The reason no one gets serious about investigating Spiker Biopharm? Because of what happens down there on Level One, that’s why. Because the psycho-bitch saves a bunch of lives.
On the other hand, the reason so many people think about investigating Spiker? Because of what happens on Levels Seven and Eight.
Me, I live on Level Four. My parents, Isabel and Jeffrey Plissken, were Terra’s business partners way back in the day, when all they had was a broken-down IBM, some petri dishes, and a dream.
I don’t remember them. It’s like that.
I could say Terra raised me, but that would be wrong. She’s no mother to me. She gives me a place to live, an education, a job at the lab.
She tolerates me.
She wouldn’t even do that if she knew.
Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant
What did you want to be when you grew up?
KA: A vet.
MG: James Bond.
KA: But we’ve accepted the fact that we’re never going to grow up.
What’s your favorite childhood memory?
MG: The best part of childhood is childhood’s end.
KA: I was not actually a big fan of childhood. I like to control my life.
What was your favorite thing about school?
MG: I did not like anything about school. Not a single thing.
KA: I liked the girls’ room because that’s where I would hide to avoid school.
What was your first job, and what was your “worst” job?
MG: Toys ’R’ Us—I had to get a fake ID to work at age sixteen. I was a stock clerk.
KA: I waited tables at a place where there was no privacy, not even to change into my uniform. THAT wasn’t great.
MG: We agree on our worst job, it was our last job before we were first published. We were cleaning toilets for a living.
KA: Mmm. Not fun.
How did you celebrate publishing your first book?
KA: Quitting the aforementioned cleaning gig.
Where do you write your books?
KA: I seem to need a new location for each book. At the moment, I have a desk in the living room, as close to the deck doors as I can get.
MG: I really like to work outside. So if weather allows, I work on our upstairs deck.
What sparked your imagination for Eve & Adam?
MG: Girl creates boy. That’s the meat of it. That was the coolness from our point of view.
If you could change one genetic trait in yourself, would you? What would you change?
KA: I have weak ankles. As a result, I was not able to pursue an athletic career. Well, that plus I have no athletic talent.
MG: I would change my tendency to put on weight. It’s a lifelong struggle. And it’s so boring losing weight.
What is your favorite kind of new technology?
MG: I want Google Glass. I’ll look like a huge dork, but I don’t care.
KA: I have a milk foamer. Okay, that’s not exactly cutting-edge technology. But I like it for coffee.
Who do you relate to more, Evening or Solo?
KA: Actually, we both like Solo. He’s a little weird. We’re a little weird.
What makes you laugh out loud?
KA: The movie Airplane!
MG: Ditto. Also The Book of Mormon, the Broadway show. That is my first-ever Broadway name-check.
What do you do on a rainy day?
MG: We both get depressed. Neither of us can stand overcast days.
If you were stranded on a desert island, who would you want for company?
MG: Katherine, of course.
KA: He is so well-trained. I’d like a slightly younger Sean Connery.
MG: Oh, well, if we’re going that way, then I’d want Sofia Vergara. Take that.
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go and what would you do?
KA: I’d like to go back to China. We adopted our daughter from China.
MG: Yeah, and I missed out on that trip since I stayed with our son. But, absolutely China, Japan, I’ve never been to the Far East.
What do you consider to be your greatest accomplishment?
MG: Well, we’ve been together for thirty-four years. I know that will make people roll their eyes, but that’s the biggest.
KA: Then, the kids.
MG: Then, our careers.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
KATHERINE APPLEGATE is the author of many books for children and young adults, including the Newbery Medal–winning The One and Only Ivan, and the award-winning Home of the Brave. You can visit Katherine on the Web at katherineapplegate.com.
MICHAEL GRANT is the author of the BZRK series and the bestselling Gone series. Together as “K.A. Applegate,” he and Katherine wrote the very popular Animorphs series. Eve & Adam is their first credited collaboration. Katherine and Michael live in Northern California with their two children and numerous unmanageable pets. You can visit Michael on the Web at themichaelgrant.com.
Copyright © 2013 by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate.
Published by Feiwel and Friends.
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ISBN: 978-1-250-04058-9
