As you might know, last weekend was New York Comic Con 2012 – a ginormous event, drawing in over 100,000 geeks of all fandoms and followings. I was one of the many fans at the convention, taking in panels, waiting in ridiculously long lines to meet authors and buy some books and other wonderful limited edition comic con items. On Friday, I had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing the delightful Adrienne Kress, author of the upcoming YA novel The Friday Society. Ladies and gents, please give a warm welcome to Adrienne! The Book Smugglers: You are both an author and an actor (and according to your website, a playwright, producer, director, and plenty of other professions besides). This is fascinating! Do you consider yourself an author or an actor first (or some hybrid in between)? What made you decide to turn to writing novels, and novels for young adults especially? The simple answer is, being an actor and being an author are intertwined, equal passions. Adrienne started writing as a professional in 2005, but has been acting ever since she was a child. Writing actually came as a natural evolution of Adrienne’s passion for acting and directing, after writing […]