Welcome Stacy Kramer to this stop on the Summer Blog Blast Tour!
Stacy Kramer's debut teen novel, coauthored with Valerie Thomas, is Karma Bites, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's Book Group, August 2010. Karma Bites website.
Liz B: Can you tell us about KARMA BITES?
Stacy Kramer: The idea came out of a lunch Val (my writing partner) and I had, upon her return from a year in Hawaii learning to surf and taking some time off with her family. I was feeling frustrated and burned out from tv and movies and wanted to try my hand at something different (especially after having had a lot of success with comic magazine pieces with ELLE, VILLAGE VOICE, MARIE CLAIRE, etc).
A television idea, a kid’s cooking show, for Nickelodeon, had ultimately not panned out after several months of work. Val and I discussed the show, our mutual interest in cooking and our love of movies like Chocolat and Like Water for Chocolate
. The conversation enabled us to hit upon the idea for KARMA BITES. The story of a girl torn between two groups of friends but feeling a part of neither, who finds a magical recipe box in her grandmother’s closet that can change the social dynamics of middle school. We loved the notion of placing real recipes throughout the book. And, after much discussion about our own middle school experiences, came upon the idea of making the girl a border crosser, a role I played in middle school – a person who can move within various cliques with impunity. We also wanted to write a wacky comedy adventure, something in the mold of Freaky Friday
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"From the first sentence I was hooked, and reminded of the power, the clarity and the imaginative genius of YA fiction."
Oh, yes. And this is why all stories are awesome. I loved the little trailer for this book -- the idea cracks me up. Food that changes social dynamics! I love it! What a fun book this will be.