Featured Author: Bev. Cooke
 
Bibliography at Orca
Feral: She lives in fear—of the two-legs, of the noisy, massive trains that scream in and out of the station, of cats and rats and dogs and the dark of the tunnels. She lives in the subway, where the hard shoes kick her ribs, where shrill voices beat her ears, where she subsists on the garbage of the humans. But the little cat walks alone. Until she meets Candlewax, a street kid exiled from the subway tunnels, and Katherine, a student photographer who loves her on sight. From these two she learns that trust can banish fear and love provides a home wherever you are.
Interview
Why do you write, and why young adult books? First, it’s what I do best, and because I’m driven to do it
by something inside me. Also because I love telling stories and I love words and what they can do. When I was a kid, we used to get
into a lot of trouble for telling lies – my parents valued honesty above every other virtue. So, by writing stories, I could
tell lies (fiction) but still tell the truth (the theme or message that is the truth under the story.) And it’s fun to make stuff
up and have people enjoy what I write! Why young adult and kids? Because I really like teenagers, I like the way they think, I remember
being one (way back in the era before the dinosaurs), and I remember how hard it is to be a teenager. And because those are the stories
that come to me.
We also asked...
- What kind of research do you do before you write?
- Do you put your family and friends in your books?
- What is your favorite children's book?
- What are you working on now?
- What is your funniest teenage memory?
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Biography
Only half of Bev's biography is true. Can you guess which half?
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