Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Debut of the Month - All About Victoria Schwab

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Debutante Profile


Name - Victoria Schwab
Debut - The Near Witch
Genre - Fairytale
Website - HERE
Blog - HERE
Twitter - HERE

I am the product of a British mother, a Beverly Hills father, and a southern upbringing. Because of this, I have been known to say "tom-ah-toes", "like", and "y'all".


I love fairy tales, and folklore, and books that make me wonder if the world is really as it seems. I love writing about doors, and places between, and the cracks where reality slips into something darker, stranger, and invariably more interesting.


I grew up on the west coast, but went to high school in the south, an all girls' prep school complete with plaid skirts I used to doodle on during math. I went to Washington University in St. Louis, where I changed course SIX times (and would have done it a seventh time, but my family and advisors said you couldn't switch majors in your last semester).


Job-wise, I have been a clerk in a department store, where I met a very nice Erotica writer while re-hanging bras. I have been an assistant caterer and a personal chef. Because of this, I bake some mean chocolate chip cookies, can plate hors d'oeuvres, and know how to make twirling napkin towers. I was a dog daycare attendant for a few summers, and have the scars to prove it. In college, I worked in a bookstore, where I never made ANY money because I spent every check feeding my book-buying habit.


And now, I am an author. That's still really fun to say, and I feel like I need to fact-check myself just to make sure it's true.

Dream Debutante Dress-


Notes from a YA Debutante

I am inspired by art in every form, by movies and paintings and poetry and fiction, and by the mundane world, and the moments when the line between them goes a bit blurry. But here are a few of my favorite sources of inspiration.



Neil Gaiman, whose oddness is wonderful and whose worlds are always a little tipped.


Andy Goldsworthy, an incredible environmentalist artist.


Laini Taylor, who does such lovely things with words.


     

Mirah and Florence and the Machine, who bring such beautiful strangeness to their music, and seem so often to be writing for my stories.


Duy Huynh, a magical realist painter who never fails to open my imagination.


Film trailers. love the taste, the tease. I more often envision my work as a trailer than as a film, picking out key moment to string together in quick, curiosity-inducing fashion.


Narwhals, because they are proof that this world still has a little magic in it

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Okay, not going to lie, that's one of the prettiest debutante dresses I have seen! I love the fairytale element :) I'm a sucker for fairytales myself.... :P I'm obsessed with film trailers as well! I spent so much time on Youtube it's not funny! Neil Gaiman is absolutely brilliant as well! Lovelies, don't you love Victoria already? If you do stay turned for tomorrow when the second half of her feature is posted!!!
Badass Bookie xx

36 comments:

  1. Victoria Schwab is so awesome! I can't wait to read the the Near Witch.

    Also, Narwhals are freakin' amazing!

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  2. Victoria is great! I so want to read Near Witch! I love that she has a british mother, beveraly hills father and a southern upbringing! Awesome!

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  3. I also love Laini and Neil, both are FAB! Cute dress too :)

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  4. She is so awesome! I can't wait to read The Near Witch!!

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  5. Wow, the dress is so pretty :) Very fairytale-like - actually reminds me of Little Red Riding Hood!
    I can't wait to read The Near Witch!

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  6. Victoria, you are the best kind of people. You have a sense of humor, you are intelligent and probably a good writer. I can't wait to read your book.

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  7. Victoria is an absolute sweetheart. Even if I hated The Near Witch, I would've loved it just for her <3

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  8. I like the picture - the dress is super pretty :) And her cookies sound awesome :D

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  9. Oh Victoria is sooo awesome! And funny! :)

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  10. Wow Victoria. You've had an interesting life.

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  11. Very interesting, I so want to read your Near Witch, Victoria! :)

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  12. Victoria has such a way with words, I can't wait to read The Near Witch! She's led an interesting life so far! And I love the dress! :-D

    Thanks for sharing!

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  13. Victoria seems to have so much fun and experience in her life! I can never bake cookies (only store bought ones). The dress is so cute! Looks like a ballerina little red riding hood.

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  14. I love finding out where authors draw inspiration from - especially when they're places you wouldn't expect.

    And I love that dress too! So pretty.

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  15. I enjoyed the humorous comments from the author.

    If her books are the same, I am sure I will enjoy them as well

    Carol T

    buddytho {at} gmail DOT com

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  16. Victoria is soo awesome!!I enjoyed reading this!

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  17. I loved reading about Victoria and I can't wait to read the Near Witch!

    Kelsey d.

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  18. Great post! Victoria seems like she is really amazing person! :)) I have to read her book! :)

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  19. Between that dress and the narwhals, Victoria seems so awesome, I can't even. <3 Looking forward to more books from her!

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  20. This post totally makes me want to read The Near Witch with 10x the burning passion I had before.

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  21. WOW!! I can not wait to read this book! Thank you so much for making this international !

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  22. I love Victoria!She's such a nice, awesome person!

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  23. Victoria is awesome! I love Neil Gaiman. totally cant wait to read The Near Witch :D

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  24. Victoria sounds really cool and I love her tweets! So yay for the near witch!

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  25. Love that debutante dress! Funky...

    I adore YA authors. They have such kooky senses of humour and Victoria is just one of those authors.

    Love this post. I wish we had more posts like this featuring YA authors.

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  26. Gorgeous debutante dress! I would definitely wear that! :D Thanks Victoria for the guest post! She is one of those quirky authors that I adore!

    x
    Sierra(:

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  27. I love victory is fun and she is humble and she always ansewer on twitter. I leke her and can qwait to read her book

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  28. She is great! I so want to read Near Witch! :)

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  29. Wow, what a eclectic choice of jobs! And beautiful dress, I loved it! :)

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  30. Ha! Narwhals! I recently described one to someone and, since he hadn't seen Elf (Buddy says goodbye to the Narwhal as he's leaving the North Pole), I had to find a picture online before he believed me they existed.

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  31. I think i'm in love with Victoria Schwab now lol

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  32. Victoria seems like such an awesome person. I love her obsession with Narwhals. I'm dying to read The Near Witch

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  33. I love fairy tales and that dress is beautiful, like Red Riding Hood! I still need to get The Near Witch b/c it sounds so awesome!

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  34. I really can not wait to read Near Witch...

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