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interview with Stephanie Diaz

23rd Apr 2013 by Cait @ Paper Fury 1 Comment (0)

You met Rachel Coker, Steph Bowe, and Amanda Bradburn…and now, fabulous blogglings, I’ll introduce you to Stephanie Diaz!


Stephanie Diaz is the author of the 2014-release YA sci-fi novel, EXTRACTION. The cover isn’t even out yet! (Eep! We are so lucky to have her stop by!) I’ll leave you guys with the blurb from goodreads, so you can see why I’m so excited for this book. 



goodreads blurb: 

Pitched as Divergent meets Ender’s Game.

Sixteen-year-old Clementine wants to grow old and live in a place where the moon is a beautiful, glowing orb in the sky instead of an acid-bleeding menace to the planet. So when she wins a shot at life far from the planet surface, she takes it willingly, even if it means leaving her best friend, Logan, behind.

In the planet core, which after centuries has been transformed into a steel-made place of inhabitance more like a space ship, Clementine lives, for the first time, without fear. Underground, there is no starvation, there are no gun-wielding patrolmen, and the moon is far enough away that no one speaks of it.

Then Clementine learns the planet leaders are going to murder Logan.

Now trapped by the steel walls of the underground and the lies that keep her safe, Clementine must find a way to escape and rescue Logan. But the planet leaders don’t want her running. They want her subdued.


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Did you always dream of being published? Or did you start writing as a hobby?


I’ve dreamed of seeing one of my books on a library or bookstore shelf ever since I started writing – and I’ve been writing stories as long as I can remember. 🙂




What inspired you to write EXTRACTION?

I was inspired by a combination of reading more young adult sci-fi books, and randomly wondering what the world would be like if the moon were poisonous.


Can you sum up EXTRACTION for us in a sentence? (Don’t we all love doing that…)

This is the hardest question so far! Am I allowed to steal the one-liner from the Publisher’s Marketplace announcement, with a few slight changes? 😛 Well, even if I’m not…

A sixteen-year-old girl wins escape from the poisonous moon and a brutal life on her planet’s surface, only to face the cruel realization that her new life within the core has its own set of horrors.


How old were you when you signed with an agent?

I was nineteen. Young in the scheme of things, I know, but it was still one of those *finally* moments because I’d been querying since age thirteen.


Querying since you were 13?! That’s dedication. Do you think teens should be writing and trying to get published? Or should they wait until they have more life experience?

I think anyone who wants to write should write. And anyone who wants to get published should try. Teens have plenty of life experience, and they also have plenty of something else that’s possibly more important when it comes to writing – imagination.



Imagination. Love it. So what do you think of the rising popularity of indie publishing among teen writers?

I think it’s awesome! There are so many venues to publication now, and if indie publication is the way writers want to go, they should definitely pick that route.

(We’ll give you an easy one now…)What’s the last book you read and what made you pick it up?


I finished MILA 2.0 by Debra Driza earlier today! Loved it. I picked it up because the premise intrigued me (A female cyborg? Full of win.), and it didn’t disappoint!



What kind of things should teen writers be doing while they’re working towards publication? (Besides actually polishing their finished book, that is.) Blogging? Tweeting? Do you think these hold real weight in today’s publishing world?

The most important thing any writer should be doing is reading. Read, read, read until the words blur together. Glean as much knowledge about how books work and what books are out there as you can. 

Blogging and tweeting come secondary to that, though I would also encourage the use of those. For me, twitter provides an awesome sense of the writing community that’s hard to find elsewhere when you’re holed up with a computer and a story in your house. Plus both blogging and tweeting can help you get in contact with oh-so-important beta readers and critique partners. 🙂



Good points there! Which is easiest for you to write: beginnings, middles or endings?

All of them. Haha. But based on my past experience with revisions and my current predicament with a work-in-progress, I’d say middles.



Ah, the dreaded middles. Okay, (and lastly!) Were any chocolate bars harmed in the writing of your novel?! 🙂



Oh, definitely. Especially Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. (Also milkshakes, but vanilla ones, not chocolate.)









Stephanie Diaz is 20. She will graduate from San Diego State University with a bachelor’s degree in film production this May. She’s a Whovian, Browncoat, and a publishing intern. Her work is represented by Alison Fargis of Stonesong. The first book in her debut YA sci-fi EXTRACTION trilogy is forthcoming from St. Martin’s, an imprint of Macmillan.

















Thanks for coming to our party, Stephanie! I’m really excited for the release of EXTRACTION! (Who doesn’t like a story about a poisonous moon?!)



If you want to find out more about Stephanie, jump over to her website and blog. She’s also a YAvenger. You can also catch her on twitter and like her page on facebook! (All of which I recommend you do. Trust me. Awesomeness ensuing.) 

And while we wait (impatiently) for EXTRACTION to hit the shelves, go mark it to-read on Goodreads.



Excited for EXTRACTION, blogglings? (I mean, seriously, Ender’s Game meets Divergent?! What more is there?!!!) What’s the last sci-fi book you read? 



COMING UP! 

The party is winding down guys, and we only have one more interview! We’ll be interviewing Kat Zhang on the 30th and giving away a copy of her book, What’s Left of Me. 

Don’t forget to enter the Survival Game. The prizes are seriously awesome.

Not sure what this party thing is? Go here.

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  1. Anonymous says

    25th Apr 2013 at 12:08 pm

    Extraction sounds amazing! I'll have to check it out once it comes out. And Clementine is a seriously awesome name. I also love the name Chrysanthemum, thanks to Kevin Henkes. (The a stuff of my childhood, really…)-Katia

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