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How do you organize your bookshelf?

Chaos. There is absolutely no organization that I can discern. But I know where everything is.

  What is your favorite/most prized book on your shelf?

On this particular shelf (we’ve got books all over the house) I’ll go with Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut or Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.

  What makes your bookshelf awesome/Unique OR what does it say about you as a reader?

The 15-year-old Baldur’s Gate PC game box proves my bona fide fantasy/sci-fi geekiness, and the Labrador Retriever head bookend is embarrassing and creepy but I’m proud of it.

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What was your favorite book as a teenager?

I’m going to cheat a bit and name three—The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

  What was your very first story about?

It was called “Erwin, Marvin, and the Aliens,” written in the third or maybe fourth grade. Erwin had telekinetic powers. Marvin at first seemed like a hero but ended up betraying Erwin and the rest of mankind. The aliens, it turned out, weren’t bad, just misunderstood.

  What is one question about your books/writing that you wish someone would ask but never has?

How does it feel to have won a Hugo Award, National Book Award, Pulitzer, and Nobel Prize all in the same year?

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