Again, But Better

Epilogue
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AUTHOR INTERVIEW WEDNESDAY
with FrenchWatermelon19
Posted January 24, 2017 by Dani aka A Bowl of
Bookishness
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Sixteen-year-old Dani is president of her high school’s creative writing
club and an aspiring author.
Who’s FrenchWatermelon19, you ask? The alias of bestselling
author of 
Flailing Through the Freefall
, Shane Primaveri. The
sequel hit stores this week (thank god because I was dying to
read it), and I had the opportunity to interview her after her
signing event here in New York! (I couldn’t make it before the
event started when she was doing longer interviews because
school … uuugh.)
If you don’t already know, Shane started out as a blogger! She
worked for 
Seventeen
magazine for three years, and then she
worked as an editor at the 
Packed! For Travel!
NYC
headquarters for three more years while she worked on her
duology.
The bookstore was packed yesterday. It was an especially
special event for her because she’s from New York. I got to

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meet her boyfriend afterward (heart-eyes, more on this later),
and her parents were there, and, like, ten cousins that look
kinda like her. I only recognized Leo because he’s always on
her Instagram. Her mom and dad actually went to the front of
the room halfway through the event and used her microphone
to give a little speech about how proud they were. Shane cried.
She was wearing a black blazer over a pretty red dress that
poofs out at the waist with that same silver locket she always
has around her neck.
After a fun round of Q&A and a signing, she was nice enough
to stay after and talk to me! I was given fifteen minutes.
Enjoy!