ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What is the first thing ever that you remember writing?
ALENA DILLON:A Kid in King Arthur’s Courtfan fiction.
What is the last book that made you cry?
Alena Dillon, ‘The Happiest Girl in the World’.Credit: Debasmit Banerjee; HarperCollins
It’s tender and hopeful but also painful as we are still so much in the thick of it.
Which book is at the top of your current to-read list?
I consume mostly audiobooks these days.
My purchased list is rich and long and could keep me riveted through 2025.
But I’m particularly itching to get toGabriela Garcia’sOf Women and Salt.
I’ve read wonderful reviews.
Where do you write?
Which book made you a forever reader?
She also was my first siren call to write characters other women would recognize.
What is a snack you couldn’t write without?
If you could change one thing about any of your books, what would it be?
It still seemed preposterous to imagine we’d be distancing come Summer 2021.
I think I may have used the word “crowds.”
Now I can barely speak the word “crowds.”
What is your favorite part ofThe Happiest Girl in the World?
It was thrilling to write scenes in the midst of gymnastics routines.
What was the hardest plot point or character to write?
They were so vulnerable, and he was absolute poison.
Write a movie poster tag line for the book:
How much is a dream worth?
