Gabrielle Zevin

I knew I wanted to do something creative, and you don't necessarily go to Harvard to do that. It's not the best choice for creative writing. ”

I hadn't ever felt any particular calling to be a novelist, and I clearly remember telling a friend of mine about six months before I started work on 'Elsewhere' that I would never write a novel. ”

I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works. ”