Yesterday, you read my review of Jessica Warman’s new book, Where the Truth Lies. Today, we have a Twitterview with the author, who shares insight into her writing process, her passions, and whether what she shares about the private school life is close to reality or not.

What’s your writing process like? Writing is meditation for me. It takes me to a place of complete concentration and inner stillness.
Do you have a writing playlist? What’s included on it? I need total silence to write. Any distraction – phone, music, TV – drives me nuts.

If you were to compare WHERE THE TRUTH LIES to a book, a film, and a television show, what would those be? I honestly have no idea. I can’t think of many stories that it’s similar to.

If you could have written any book in the world, what would it have been? Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. Best book ever. Wallace was a genius. Unfortunately, I am not.

In BREATHLESS, your main character is a swimmer and in WHERE THE TRUTH LIES, the main character is a singer. What are your biggest passions? Aside from writing, running is my passion. I had a chance to explore that further in my upcoming novel Between, in which the main character is an avid runner.

Both of your books are focused on prep school life. You attended prep school, so dish: how close or far from reality are your settings? They’re actually very close to reality. Many of the events in Breathless, and a few from Where the Truth Lies, were taken from real life.

What’s the most embarrassing thing to happen to you? I was twenty years old before I learned that reindeer were real animals, not mythical creatures like unicorns. I don’t know how that fact slipped by me for so long.
Have you ever had a secret as deep as Emily? No, thank goodness!

How has social media impacted your relationship with your readers? I love that it gives me a chance to interact more freely with readers. Nothing makes my day better than getting an email from a reader who has truly enjoyed one of my books.

One of my favorite parts in your writing is silence, indicated with “…” “…”. This technique stood out. What made you decide to do that? That technique is borrowed from the late, great David Foster Wallace. I hope he wouldn’t mind my using it!

What’s your favorite ice cream flavor? Mmmm… Chocolate peanut butter.

If you were going to prison forever, say, because of some breaking and entering or vandalism, what would you want as your last meal? Sushi.

With what character in WHERE THE TRUTH LIES do you most identify? Probably Renee. Like her, I was pretty rebellious in high school!

What’s next for you? My third book, Between, comes out next year. I could not be more excited about it. I loved every single minute that I spent working on it.

Thanks for stopping by, Jessica!