Christina Davis

I would describe my writing as immersive and character-driven. Writing YA, it’s super important to me to have a balance of adventure, romance, and politics.

I grew up against a redwood forest outside a logging town in the California mountains. It certainly influenced my writing, primarily because I spent a lot of time outdoors. A lot of my scenes are indoors, but my descriptions of outdoor spaces benefit from my upbringing.

I was a voracious reader as a child. I thought my parents has no idea I was up until after midnight reading every night.

I adore Tamora Pierce and Anne Bishop. A reader once compared me to them and I was floored.

Naomi Novik

Patrick Rothfuss

Kristen Britain

Rebecca Yarros

Dean Koontz

I don’t do repeats, but I last gifted the Fourth Wing set.

Neva, the main character of the Da’Valia Trilogy. Everything from knife-throwing, which I learned how to do one very fun Christmas, to a messy love life to a complicated relationship with death was very much influenced by my own life.

Infinite Night, because the bad guy got what was coming.

A laptop - in the car, at the coffee shop, at the library, in my home office, in the yard, at my kitchen table, in bed, at my friend’s house, even an airplane. Just gotta keep the battery charged!

I would love to have one of those floor-to-ceiling libraries with a hidden passage way, a fireplace, a huge LoveSac bean bag.