Welcome back to our series, 20 QUESTIONS!,
where we answer questions about writing, reading, and author life.
(Note that we enjoy the series so much we’ve reset for a second round of 20.)
This month’s question:
If you could be any literary figure or character for Halloween, what would it be, and why?
M.O. Yuksel
“If I could be any literary character or figure, I would want to be Fatima al-Fihri because she was a remarkable, pioneering woman who founded the world’s oldest existing and continually operating university, the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Morocco, in the 9th century. She had a lasting impact and played an important role in the advancement of education and civilization.”
– M.O. Yuksel, author of ONE WISH: Fatima al-Fihri and the World’s Oldest University, illus. Mariam Quraishi (HarperCollins, 2022)
Kirsten W. Larson
“Wonder Woman, of course, since she’s my favorite superhero and subject of my picture book, A TRUE WONDER: The Comic Book Hero Who Changed Everything, illus. Katy Wu.”
– Kirsten W. Larson, author of A TRUE WONDER (Clarion, 2021)
Abi Cushman
“I would be, and did indeed dress up as, Westley from The Princess Bride for Halloween a few years ago. Similar to Westley, I also spent years building up an immunity to iocane powder. So it just made sense to dress up as him. My husband was Inigo Montoya and my daughter was Fezzik.”
– Abi Cushman, author-illustrator of WOMBATS ARE PRETTY WEIRD: A [Not So] Serious Guide (Greenwillow, 2023)
