Interview with Dr. Blasingame
"The House of the Scorpion contains a lot of biographical elements. For that reason it was emotionally difficult to write and I was glad to finish it." - Nancy Farmer
Click here to read the full interview from the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literature
Click here to read the full interview from the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literature
Question and Answer
"Why did I write this story? An editor asked me for a short story for an anthology. Once I had written it, I realized that it was far too important an idea to waste on a short story, so I withdrew it from the anthology. It was also too closely tied to my own life. Both the physical and psychological setting were familiar. I was not a wanted child, but that is something I don’t write about directly."
Click here to read more answers from Nancy Farmer's website
Click here to read more answers from Nancy Farmer's website