Summer Reading with Katie Cotugno

Summer Reading Extravaganza with Katie Cotugno

In case you don't know already,  Katie is the author of How to Love (which I have personally read and enjoyed) and 99 Days (which I have not read yet). 

 

Today I have an awesome interview with Katie!

 

-Did you participate in library summer reading programs?

I did, every summer when I was a kid! And then when I was in high school and college I worked in a library and helped run them. 

 

-Did you write any of your books over the summer?

 I wrote 99 DAYS in 99 days, as a matter of fact! But it was summer into fall. 

 

-Top 5 book recommendations for summer?

Barbara Kingsolver's Prodigal Summer, Sarah Dessen's The Truth About Forever, Nina LaCour's Everything Leads to You, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Ann Brashares's Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

 

-Why do you write YA contemporary and not fantasy/paranormal/adult?

I do write some adult, actually! But the draw of realistic contemporary has always been that I'm interested in exploring problems or issues I've bumped up against in my own life, or that my readers bump up against in theirs. 

 

 

 

About Katie:

Katie Cotugno went to Catholic school for thirteen years which makes her, as an adult, both extremely superstitious and prone to crushes on boys wearing blazers. She routinely finds herself talking about the romantic endeavors of characters on TV shows as if they actually exist in the world.
Katie is a Pushcart Prize nominee whose work has appeared in The Iowa Review, The Broadkill Review, The Apalachee Review, and Argestes, as well as on Nerve.com. Her first novel, HOW TO LOVE, is out now from Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins. 99 DAYS will follow next spring.
The great loves of Katie's life include child's pose, her little sister, and mozzarella and honey sandwiches. She lives in Boston with her husband, Tom

 

Katie's Social Media Links:

 

Goodreads  Website  Twitter

 

 

Katie's Books: