Ya’ll Fest


Read Gitty Daneshvari’s Author Inteview to find out what spiders, confined spaces, hotel rooms above the twentieth floor, chefs with dirty fingernails, people who insist on taking the window seat on a plane only to use the bathroom every thirty minutes, any cast member of the Real Housewives of New Jersey, and oysters have in common.

Who and what would you bring with you for the zombie apocalypse?

Should and when a zombie apocalypse occur, I will enlist the help of my English bulldog Harriet. After all she’ll eat anything – eggshells, dried flowers, pistachios, scented soap – so I feel confident that she would eat zombies. And as anyone who has ever met an English bulldog knows, their appetites are insatiable!

If you could spend a week in any book world, which would it be?

THE BEST OF EVERYTHING by Rona Jaffe – I would love to experience New York City in the 1950s as a young career woman. Or HARRY POTTER because I have always wanted to go to boarding school. And a boarding school with wands? What could be better than that?

What is the best word (in any language) and why?

YES! I am a big believer in saying yes to life! Except when it comes to spiders, confined spaces, hotel rooms above the twentieth floor, chefs with dirty fingernails, people who insist on taking the window seat on a plane only to use the bathroom every thirty minutes, any cast member of the Real Housewives of New Jersey, and oysters.

Who are you most excited to see at YALLFest?

Adele Griffin! A mutual friend told me that she is AMAZING! But, of course, that is not to say that the other authors aren’t amazing, they are! My friend just doesn’t know them…she really needs to get out more.

What is your favorite flavor of pie?

Anything with berries and LOADS of freshly whipped cream on top! But without the whipped cream, I’ll pass on the pie. For me, pie is simply a conduit to eat more whipped cream.

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