Cyn Balog is a normal, everyday Jersey Girl who always believed magical things can happen to us when we least expect them. She is author of young adult paranormals FAIRY TALE (2009), SLEEPLESS(2010), and two other forthcoming novels from Delacorte. She lives outside Allentown, Pennsylvania with her husband and daughters.
Interview:
What is the last book you read?
The Scorch Trials by James Dashner. The series is so weird, but so good. I have no idea what's going on but that makes it so compulsively readable. It's like the book version of LOST.
What is the last movie you saw?
It was a Columbo TV movie. I am currently obsessed with Columbo. Does that make me a nerd? Probably. But I really can't stand the TV cop shows of today... they all thrive on either sex or the gruesome. There is this prevailing thought in entertainment these days that nobody will pay attention if you don't include something like a stripper who was murdered in some bizzare and grotesque way like being stuffed into a microwave. I love the shows which rely on the detecting, the solving of the mystery, instead of cheap gimmicks!
What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
Chocolate Marshmallow. And if I can get one topping... toasted coconut.
What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?
I eat Banana Nut Crunch EVERY DAY, without fail. I go into withdrawal if I do not have it. I'm a Banana Nut Nut.
What do you do when you are in-between books?
Really.... think about the next book I am going to write!! I am obsessed!
You have won one million dollars what is the first thing that you would buy?
I would go to Seaside Park, NJ and buy my grandparents' house at the beach back. I spent every summer there as I child and I have such fond memories of it! It was sold back when I was in high school. I saw it recently on the market for $750k. I would need the other $250k to fix it up, because it probably still has avocado appliances and shag carpeting.
How did you celebrate the sale of your first book?
I bought a swing set. Completely for me. Actually, that's only part-true. There is a disc-swing on the end of it, and that IS just for me. I have been known to swing on it often, much to the amusement of my neighbors!
Finish the sentence- one book I wish I had written is....
THE HUNGER GAMES ... because I am just like every writer out there, completely envious of Ms. Collins' abilities.
Eron DeMarchelle isn't supposed to feel this connection. He is a Sandman, a supernatural being whose purpose is to seduce his human charges to sleep. Though he can communicate with his charges in their dreams, he isn't encouraged to do so. After all, becoming too involved in one human's life could prevent him from helping others get their needed rest.
But he can't deny that he feels something for Julia, a lonely girl with fiery red hair and sad
6 Comments on #BIR2010 - Book Giveaway: Sleepless by Cyn Balog + Interview, last added: 12/14/2010
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That was a great interview. Thank you for sharing. I really loved Fairy Tale and I'm looking forward to reading more of your books.
Awesome!! And she's Beautiful!! Thanks for the interview and the chance to win!!!
thanks for the giveaway
I've really been wanting to read this! Thanks so much for the chance to win!
even if i dont win i might go buy this book... thanks for the giveaway :]
Thanks!