About the Author: Debra Driza is a member of the YA lit blogging group the Bookanistas and a former physical therapist who finds torturing her characters infinitely more enjoyable. She’s particularly fond of sweets, all that is random, and teen TV, and is pretty sure she wasn’t built in a computer science lab based on her inability to find her keys and master the common calender. These days you can find her at her (messy) home in California, wrangling one husband, two kids, and an assortment of Rhodesian Ridgebacks (all of which are varying degrees of naughty). MILA 2.0 is her first novel.

About MILA 2.0: Mila was living with her mother in a small Minnesota town when she discovered she was also living a lie. She was never meant to learn the truth about her identity. She was never supposed to remember the past–that she was built in a computer science lab and programmed to do things real people would never do.

Now she has no choice but to run–from the dangerous operatives who want her terminated because she knows too much and from a mysterious group that wants to capture her alive and unlock her advanced technology. Evading her enemies won’t help Mila escape the cruel reality of what she is and cope with everything she has had to leave behind. However, what she’s becoming is beyond anyone’s imagination, including her own, and that just might save her life.

We have an abbreviated Twitterview with Debra to share! 

Who will this book appeal to:  
Androids!  But hopefully also humans of the male and female variety. There’s romance, car chases, butt kicking–something for everyone!

Favorite moment or character in your book: 
I love Mila of course, but I have a real soft spot for Lucas, who shows up later in the book. Geek powers, activate!

What’s your writing routine: 
Routine? I’m supposed to have a writing routine? CURSES–I knew I was doing something wrong!  I often write at Starbucks–does that count?

What’s your best piece of writing advice:  
Never, EVER give up. The only way to fail at writing is to quit.

What’s been the most surprising part of the publishing journey:  
All of it—from getting an agent, to getting a book deal, to meeting so many amazing authors. It’s been a wild ride so far!

What did you do when you learned your book would be published:  
I shouted something completely unintelligible, like “ARFRIHSS!”  Then I tried really hard not to have a heart attack, bc that would be bad.

What’s the best piece of writing advice you’ve received:  
Keep reading and keep writing—the more you write, the more you’ll improve.

What are your top three favorite books: 
EEK, the dreaded fave book ? This changes a lot, but for this moment–Brideshead Revisited, Bridget Jones’s Diary, and The Hunger Games.

What’s next for you: 
Finishing up revisions on book two, then on to book three. I also have an idea for a new book that I’m really excited about working on, too!

Find out more about Mila 2.0 on Goodreads.