![]() What made you decide to launch your writing career with a trilogy? ![]() It's ambitious to tackle a series with your debut not knowing how people will respond. The author spoke with PW just before a San Francisco book signing about her dystopian take on the “typical teenage identity crisis,” her fervent Harry Potter fandom, and what to expect in the next installment. In the first of a trilogy, Aveyard explores Mare’s journey from commoner to royal captive, setting the scene for an epic class war to come. But when 17-year-old Red narrator Mare Barrow discovers her own superpower - she can summon lightning from her fingertips - she becomes the reluctant poster child for the Scarlet Guard’s rebel uprising. ![]() ![]() In the latter, those who bleed red are the impoverished underclass, meant to serve the upper echelon silver-bloods who boast supernatural gifts that have helped them exert control over their dystopian world. At the age of 24, Victoria Aveyard has finished work on a screenplay project attached to comic-book legend Stan Lee and penned her debut YA novel, Red Queen. ![]()
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