FAN Q&A

• How many characters do you have to emotionally destroy before you’re satisfied?

As many as there are dead dinosaurs underground. So either millions or maybe Jesus is real and I'm just going overboard.

• Did you cry while writing any of your books, or were you just sipping tea and smiling?

Sometimes I laughed, sometimes I cried. That's why my works have so many wacky and funny moments, those are the spots where I needed an emotional unwind. By making weird jokes about Ireland/Korea/sissies, of course.

• What’s your favorite scene to write: the emotional breakdowns or the moral betrayals?

I like the scenes where characters do really bad things and to sort of taste their sadism while they horribly torment others. It loops all the way from sheer horror back to memes for me honestly. www

• If you had to survive in the world of Redlight, which faction would you join—and how fast would you die?

I'd join the Coterie, is that bad? I mean, Morgause is my self-insert character so there's your answer.

• Is there a single character in your books who isn’t morally compromised? (Be honest.)

I mean, even Serenity, a fourteen year old, is a snarky sociopath so I really don't know. Maybe not, I mean I guess Katy but she's kinda cringe so, meh.

• What’s the most unhinged piece of feedback you’ve gotten from a reader?

"When's Sissy Korean Schoolgirls getting written?" The answer: Soon™

• Do you ever write something and think, “Maybe this is too dark,” or is that not a setting you have?

I actually always get worried my works aren't dark enough so I just keep upping the terror. I don't want people to underestimate either the severity of my themes or their real-world implications.

• What’s the one line or moment in Hack that still makes you proud (or evil giggle)?

Not gonna lie, the "I'm stalking you" scene from when Moira visits Deyanira's apartment is kinda hot. I want someone to talk to me like that...

• What’s your writing fuel: coffee, wine, or the tears of your readers?

In the summer, it's a red wine and juice cocktail. In the winter, it's green tea. I don't drink my fans' tears, that's mean. :(

• Can we expect your next book to be even darker, or are you planning to write something “light” like a holocaust rom-com?

I promise, one day I'll loop around and make something really wholesome. Maybe something like "The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe". The first Narnia movie is one of my favourites of all time. Something like that would be good, yes? Very wholesome. <3

• Why do you sometimes look white and sometimes look Asian?

I'm a half-breed, I like to swap my racial aesthetic every other week or so. Sometimes I play a game where I try to bait progressive Americans to try and figure out whether I'm funamentally white or yellow-baiting. 笑う愛しています