Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood by Eileen Cook

GETTING REVENGE ON LAUREN WOOD

by Eileen Cook

Commercial Young Adult
Simon Pulse
www.EileenCook.com

3 Signed Copies will be given away on Friday, January 22, 2010!





About the Book:

Popularity is the best revenge.
In the final weeks of eighth grade, Lauren Wood made a choice. She betrayed her best friend, Helen, in a manner so publicly humiliating that Helen had to move to a new town just to save face. Ditching Helen was worth it, though, because Lauren started high school as one of the It Girls--and now, at the start of her senior year, she's the cheerleading captain, the quarterback's girlfriend, and the undisputed queen bee. Lauren has everything she's ever wanted, and she has forgotten all about her ex-best friend.
But Helen could never forget Lauren. After three years of obsessing, she's moving back to her old town. She has a new name and a new look, but she hasn't dropped her old grudges. She has a detailed plan to bring down her former BFF by taking away everything that's ever been important to Lauren—starting with her boyfriend.
Watch out, Lauren Wood. Things are about to get bitchy.





Read our exclusive interview with Eileen Cook!

1) What are you working on next?

I’ve started a new YA about a prank that goes very wrong. The main character has to deal with the fall out of the prank and decide who her real friends really are.

2) As writers, we all love to procrastinate. What’s your favorite procrastination activity?

Reading. I love books. I am one of those people who actually gets anxious if I don’t have a book around. When I go into a bookstore I get all excited and have to control myself or I leave with a stack of new books a mile high. I can convince myself that reading is actually research and should sort of count as work which makes it a great procrastination activity.

3) Which came first, the title or the novel?

The novel. I am terrible with titles. I’m convinced there is a special skill set that some people have when it comes to titles. I do not have this skill. I called the book Black and White while I was writing it. Then I tried out a bunch of different titles, Getting Revenge, Popularity is the Best Revenge, Look out Lauren before finding the title I have now.

4) If you could choose one dessert or snack food that you could eat as much as you want of (and never gain an ounce!) what would it be?

COOKIES! I love cookies. I love cookie dough and the finished product. You can imagine how much trouble I get into during Christmas time.

5) If your main character, Helen, could give one piece of advice to teenage girls, what would it be?

It depends when you asked Helen. Early in the book Helen would be full of great advice of all kinds of evil things you could do to people who bother you. You should ignore that advice. By the end of the book I think what she would tell you is that holding onto the past can keep you from embracing what is coming in the future. The only power people have over you is what power you let them have.

6) What’s your favorite part of the writing process? Your least favorite part?

I love writing! I love coming up with the ideas and seeing the characters develop. I even enjoy revisions. The only part I dislike is about ¾ of the way through the book I decide that the book isn’t working. I have no idea how to end the book anymore. I worry that the characters are boring and that no one will ever want to read it. This happens with EVERY book. Now at least I know that these feelings are normal and I press on and keep working.

About the Author:

Eileen Cook spent most of her teen years wishing she were someone else or somewhere else, which is great training for a writer. When she was unable to find any job postings for world famous author, she went to Michigan State University and became a counselor so she could at least afford her book buying habit. But real people have real problems, so she returned to writing because she liked having the ability to control the ending. Which is much harder with humans.
Eileen lives in Vancouver with her husband and dogs and no longer wishes to be anyone or anywhere else.
Visit her online at: www.EileenCook.com

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