Shannen Crane Camp was born and raised in Southern
California, where she developed a love of reading, writing, and anything having
to do with film. After high school, she moved to Utah to attend Brigham Young
University, where she received a degree in Media Arts and found herself a
husband in fellow California native Josh Camp. The two now live in either
California or Utah... they still can't decide.
Shannen loves to hear from readers, so feel free to contact her at
Shannencbooks@hotmail.com or visit her website for more information: http://shannencbooks.blogspot.com
1. guilty pleasure?
I could probably eat a whole bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips in one sitting while I'm writing!
2. 1 book you could read over and over?
"Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld! In fact, I have read it over and over again. I love his writing and I love the world he created with that book. It's so unique!
3. fictional character you would love to spend the day with?
Probably The Doctor... you know... from Dr. Who? That way I could go anywhere I wanted in time and space and be back only five minutes later :) Yeah... I'm a huge dork.
4. one thing you cannot leave the house without?
Water! I'm like a camel. I get seriously grumpy if I don't have a water bottle with me.
5. fav song/singer?
It's a tie between Lights and The Elected. I love them both equally because they're just generally amazing! My favorite song is a tough one to pick, but I think it'd have to be "Go On" by The Elected... which, if you listen to it, is a really odd choice for a favorite song... but I love the minor key it goes into. And that doesn't really do much to make me sound less odd :)
6. hobby?
I love to play music. On any instrument really :) Although my fingers are all torn up from playing guitar which makes it difficult to write!
7. fav movie/actor and or/actress?
My favorite movie is "Bandits", which, if you haven't seen it, you need to. It's probably the funniest thing ever. Plus I love any movie having to do with bank robbers/con men. My favorite actor is Joseph Gordon-Levitt who I may or may not have written as a character in my book "Finding June", and my favorite actress is by far Emily Browning, who I modeled my main character Brynn from "Sugar Coated" after :)
8. one place you would love to visit?
Ireland! The Husband and I are always talking about going to Ireland one day. I'm Irish, and he just loves greenery so it's a perfect place :)
9. fav food?
Potatoes :)
10. pet peeve?
Rude people! It's really not that hard to be nice. Just do it people.
An unhealthy addiction to sugar cubes, a deep-seated fear of
water, and universal luxury—these are the simple things that make up
18-year-old Brynn's Utopian existence. Why, then, is her perfect life also
plagued with unanswered questions?
Like every other resident of the planet Halcyon, Brynn's home provides
everything she needs, money is unheard of, and life is perfect. But unlike the
rest of Seaside's residents, Brynn has questions. Why can't people leave the
city? Why does the ocean fill everyone with terror? Who are the Workers? Not
only is Brynn curious where others are compliant, but she suffers from chronic
nightmares of an angelic woman torturing her for information she doesn’t
possess. But these are more than just figments of her imagination; they're
memories of things that never happened.
When Brynn meets Jonah, a brilliant, library-dwelling boy who shares her
questions and her curiosity, they formulate a plan to find answers. Somewhere,
the perfect veneer of Halcyon's instant gratification hides a city that only
Brynn knows about—a city she and Jonah are determined to find. But will finding
the city give them answers, or simply uncover the horrific truth behind the
perfection?
Here is a little sneak peek at SUGAR COATED....
Blinding white lights flashed into
life, revealing a room less cavernous and imposing than she had expected.
Instead, the room with the white walls, ceilings, and floor was quite small;
small enough for her to run from one end to the other without ever breaking a
sweat. It took a moment for her eyes to adjust and once they did, she still
couldn’t be sure of what she was seeing. There seemed to be a complete lack of
color in this small room, as if it had been drained right before her arrival
and was shining more brightly because of its recent purge.
Brynn
blinked her eyes a few more times, trying to clear the spots that sprang into
existence when the less-than-subtle lights had ignited. Now that she had a
proper hold on her surroundings, she could see the impossibility of the room.
There were no windows. There were no doors. There was no way in or out. So how
had she gotten there?
“We
apologize for any inconvenience your death may cause you at this time,” said a
smooth, soothing female voice over what Brynn could only describe as a
loudspeaker. If the woman’s voice hadn’t been so calm and collected, it may
have taken her less time to understand exactly what she was saying before the
sickly sweet smell of sugar hit her nose; like cookies right out of the oven.
This
wasn’t just a room. It was a death chamber.
“We
appreciate your cooperation and would like to take this opportunity to remind
you that the best thing to do in this situation is enjoy this smell, generated
for your pleasure,” the voice told her, never losing that deep, rich timbre.
Brynn
thought that if she hadn’t been in an obviously dire situation, she would have
loved nothing more than to listen to the beautiful voice and smell the sweet
sugar all day long. But as it turned out, there wasn’t much time left in her
day right at that moment.
Listening
to the woman’s instructions against her better judgment, Brynn took one deep
breath, enjoying the smell of the unnaturally rich sugar before her cheek made
contact with the hard white floor with a sickening thud.
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