I must be honest here; I don't think there's such a thing as 'unconventional' when it comes to YA. YA readers are the most open-minded in the literary world. They'll read anything.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've always been interested in writing from the perspective of an outsider.
Also, most people read fiction as an escape - and I wonder whether my books aren't a bit too grounded in reality to reach the widest possible audience.
Not exactly but I get inspiration from stories which are unconventional.
I always love novels that open up a subject to me - like raising a window to a beautiful, mysterious world outside.
Literature at its fullest takes human nature as its theme. That's the kind of writing that interests me.
I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read.
It's weirder and more surprising than the other books. I think there are more places where it's just more reality bending, deliberately so. I think it's a lot more emotionally raw.
I'd always read omnivorously and often thought much literary fiction is read by young men and women in their 20s as substitutes for experience.
However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences - and I stray pretty far from mine - I think, ultimately, that we may be writing what we need to write in some way, albeit unconsciously.
A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality.