Amanda Speaks to Author/Publisher, Laura Boon

Author: Laura Boon
Date: 31  August 2006 & 24 July 2008
Sun Sign: Leo
Where: Staffroom, Crawford College & Chocadore, Hyde park
The Book: Public Relations & Your Business (Frontrunner)
The Reason: Laura Boon Literary Agency

1.   Who is your favourite hero of fiction?
Stephanie Plum
2.  What is your most treasured possession?
My books
3.   Which living person do you most dislike?
Tony Leon. He’s a destructive whinger.
4.   What is your greatest fear?
Being invisible.
5.   Who or what has been the greatest love of your life?
Graham.
6.   What is your greatest regret?
A love affair that went wrong.
7.   If you could choose to be a character in a book, who would it be?
V I Warshawsky
8.   Which book have you read the most in your lifetime?
Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido.
9.   What is your favourite journey?
So many – Norwegian Fjords.
10.  What do you most value in a friend?
Loyalty and compassion.
11.  What quality do you most admire in a woman?
The ability to be assertive and yet, feminine.

12.   Which book that you’ve written is your favourite?

Public Relations and Your Business

13.  What advice would you give to aspiring authors?
Write what you’re passionate about.
14.  What are your favourite names?
Caitlyn.
Alexander.
15. What do you do as a hobby?
Tennis.
16.  What are your top 3 books?

Brother of the More Famous Jack, Case Histories, Lilla’s Feast.

17.   Where do you get your greatest ideas for writing?
While I’m cooking, bathing or driving.

Amanda Patterson
31 August 2006 & 24 July 2008