Badass Ladies You Should Know is an interview series in which talented women say to hell with false modesty. Features are interspersed with links to amazing ladies highlighted elsewhere.
Hosted by Kate Hart, author of After the Fall (January 2017 from Farrar, Straus & Giroux) and reformed “girl who’s not like other girls.” Because screw that. Girls are awesome.
I’ve come into my career while simultaneously raising a small family, without having it hold me back. So many people love to talk about how having kids ruins your organic creativity and any chance at a legitimate writing career, and that just couldn’t be further from the truth.
— Author Amy Lukavics talks challenges and success in a writing career
Amy Lukavics, debut author of YA horror DAUGHTERS UNTO DEVILS, talks about the appeal of truly scary stories, creepy kids, the tiny details that can drive an entire story, and “candy bar” scenes.
Amy Lukavics Show Notes
Kirsten Hubbard
PAINT IT BLACK by Janet Fitch
GOOSEBUMPS, FEAR STREET, R.L. Stine
FULL DARK, NO STARS Stephen King
IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS by Cat Winters (listen to her First Draft interview)
BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA by April Tucholke
Katy Perry “California Gurls”
The Red Dragon (movie)
The Woman in Black (movie)
Stephanie Perkins’ Love List
Storm of the Century, written by Stephen King
MISERY by Stephen King
Laura Ingalls Wilder
SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK by Alvin Schwarz
AbsoluteWrite.com
Sumayyah Daud (listen to her First Draft interview)
Kody Keplinger THE DUFF
WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE by Shirley Jackson
Badass Ladies You Should Know: Author Amy Lukavics
Writing introductions for people I know well is always the hardest. How can I begin to describe Amy Lukavics? She has one of the kindest hearts of anyone I know. Her books are so terrifying I can’t even read them. Her parenting, friendship, and tattoo games are all equally strong. My favorite thing she’s ever said is, “Are we going out or can I take my eyebrows off?”
Maybe I should just let Amy’s badassery speak for itself below, but I can’t neglect to tell you that she’s also generous: Click through for a chance to win signed copies of her books – and keep an eye out for her second novel, The Women in the Walls, coming this Tuesday!
