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Human beings are remarkably resilient. When you think about it, our species has been teetering upon the edge of the existential cliff since... →
Sci-Fi is the genre that explored both possibilities: the end of our existential crisis and the end of our existence. My novel, 'The 5th... →
I have a very low tolerance for boredom and often think I would have missed out on books entirely if I'd grown up in the Internet and video game... →
One of the joys of a really good book is that you're so into the world of the book, you forget what you're looking at is words on a page.
One lesson I learned from 'The Monstrumologist' was never to get too attached to your own characters. That's harder in practice than in... →
When civilizations collide, it usually isn't the more primitive one that prevails.
Ever since I was young, 14 or 15, I wondered if you could write a book that combined the visceral thrill of watching a movie with the total immersion... →
I always feel trepidation at the beginning of every project. I worry about so many things. Time to get it right, the skill to do it justice, the will... →
I got a very late start at fatherhood. I'm a late bloomer in general. It took me seven years to get through four years of college. I was five... →
'The 5th Wave' is sci-fi, but I tried very hard to ground the story in very human terms and in those universal themes that transcend genre.... →
The way we learn to write is the way we learn to talk: We listen to others and start mimicking speech, and that's how we come to become speakers.... →
My foray into young adult lit was by no means planned. I wrote the first 'Alfred Kropp' book as an adult novel, which everyone loved but no... →
I really kill myself on titles, although 'The 5th Wave' seems like an obvious title, doesn't it? You don't know how long that took me.