Handcuffs by Bethany Griffin

HANDCUFFS

by Bethany Griffin

Contemporary Young Adult
Delacorte Press
www.BethanyGriffin.com


We're giving away 4 signed copies on December 19, 2008.





Synopsis:

Parker Prescott is an Ice Princess. Cold, aloof, a snob. At least, that's what everyone says on Marion Hennessey's blog. And everyone reads Marion Hennessey's blog.

Parker Prescott is a middle child. She's the good one, the dependable one, the one her parents trust. Well . . . she used to be.

Parker Prescott's parents want her to break up with her boyfriend. But she already did, two weeks ago.

And then she realized it was a mistake. He came over. He had the handcuffs in his pocket. Everything went downhill from there. Sort of.

Parker Prescott's world is changing and she no longer knows who she is. Does anyone?

Check out this exclusive interview with Bethany Griffin, author of Handcuffs!

1) Handcuffs is your first book. What did it feel like when you first found out it was going to be published?

I jumped up and down and screamed and my kids, ages 2 and 4, kept asking, what’s wrong, mommy? What’s wrong? It was an awesome feeling, and it was compounded by the fact that I had just discussed some plot issues with my agent, and we had decided to revise…the first email I got, scrolling through my inbox, said…this means you can stop revising. I was like, what? And then I found the congratulations email.

2) Okay, I have to ask. A pair of handcuffs? Hmmm…any autobiographical storytelling going on here?

Nope. There is one situation that happened to me. It’s the date with the I Like Fishing guy. And as the book evolved that story became Parker’s, too. But no autobiography with the handcuffs. :)

3) I stand corrected, Handcuffs is not your first book. I just read your bio and saw that you technically wrote your first book in middle school. What was that one about?

The one in middle school was for this big Young Authors’ competition that is still held locally. I wrote about archaeologists. The best/worst part is that I was (and still am) math impaired. For some reason I thought the height of the character’s was important, and my teacher pulled me aside and asked if my characters were…small people. I had made the archeologist hero 4’5.

4) What’s your favorite procrastination activity?

The internet. It's an addiction.

5) Your bio says you’ve always liked to read. If you could meet one fictional character who would it be and what would you do with him/her/it?

From childhood…probably Peregrin Took. We would hang out at the Green Dragon and drink ale. Ginger ale. Or whatever hobbits drink. From later in life, maybe Holden Caulfield. Even though he would probably scorn me. Because he scorned everything and everyone.

About the Author:

Bethany Griffin is a high school English teacher and an avid reader of teen fiction. She teaches and writes in Kentucky, where she lives with her three cats, her two children, and her husband--the first guy she met who had read more than three of her favorite books. Handcuffs is her first book for young readers.

For more information about Bethany and to read an excerpt from Handcuffs, please visit her author website at: www.BethanyGriffin.com