One of the things I pitched very early on, because I know libraries' funding are being cut. "As someone who taught underprivileged kids, one thing I hear a lot that bothers me is the kids will say, 'Well, I can't read this series because the first one's checked out.' Obviously, many series you have to read in order. "One thing I also learned from writing the Beautiful Creatures series is that it's popular with lots of different types of kids," Garcia said. Garcia also wanted to make sure regardless of where you get books you could start with any one of them as opposed to being stuck because you couldn't start at the beginning, which especially affects those who go to their local libraries. How do I choose these elements and ground them or maintain them and reframe them without throwing the baby out with the bath water." The first thing I looked at was dealing with Trigon, the jewel on her forehead. As a fan, to me, do whatever you want doesn't mean destroy the character. It's out of continuity, do whatever you want. "Their mandate for the line was, "What we would like you to do is instead of writing about superheroes or teenagers, we'd like you to write about teenagers, who happen to be superheroes or have powers, and what would that be like as a teen." The teen side was more emphasized. "My approach to this was even more severe," Garcia said. As a fan, there's nothing fun about that." "We both were like, we don't want to take characters we love and recreate them so they're unrecognizable. because at that time we didn't know they were going to be canon, so we had a little bit of room to play," Garcia said. His work has become known for its strong storytelling and atmospheric colors."One of the things that I remember really vividly, Jonathan and I talking about, was as fans we didn't want to. ![]() Gabriel Picolo is a Brazilian comic artist and illustrator based in Sao Paulo. ![]() She is a cofounder of YallFest, the biggest teen book festival in the country. Kami was a teacher for 17 years be fore co-authoring her first novel on a dare from seven of her students. Her other works include X-Files Origins: Agent of Chaos and the YA contemporary novels The Lovely Reckless and Broken Beautiful Hearts. Kami's solo series, The Legion, includes Unbreakable, an instant New York Times bestseller, and its sequel, Unmarked, both of which were nominated for Bram Stoker Awards. Beautiful Creatures has been published in 50 countries and translated into 39 languages. Kami Garcia is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures and Dangerous Creatures novels.
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