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10 Questions: Anne Plichota and Cendrine Wolf
1.Sum up your book in three words.
Peril, distress, and hope!
2. Where did the initial idea come from?
The idea of a young girl who discovers her magical powers came from Cendrine, the rest of the six books come from both of us!
3. How was the title chosen?
Anne: A part of my family was Ukrainian and my grand-aunt’s surname was Oksana. We thought it was a really good name for a heroine like ours, but it was a bit too sweet, too quiet for her. So, we cut it and just kept Oksa, like a bolt of lightning. The choice of Pollock is for the same reason, it sounded right for a girl like Oksa. And we loved the international aspect of this name, it can come from anywhere.
Cendrine: The title The Heart of Two Worlds was immediately obvious. The heart that keeps the worlds of the Outsiders and the Insiders beating. A single and unique heart like a single and unique sun in our solar system.
4. What's your writing routine?
Anne: I keep office hours, to have a family life. But the story of the book I am writing is always on my mind, I think about it all the time. It’s like a permanent preparation for the moment when I sit in front of my computer and write again.
5. Which book do you wish you'd written?
Anne: All the books I loved!
Cendrine: I wouldn’t have been able to write the books I loved…
6. What's your favourite word in the English language?
Anne: I particularly like marmalade.
Cendrine: British - it sounds so good and means everything.
7. Who's your favourite fictional character?
Anne: Lestat the vampire, from Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles. Lonely, wise, clever, human...
Cendrine: Peter Pan.
8. What was your favourite book as a child?
Anne: Alice in Wonderland. I would like to see behind the mirror, behind the mask we all wear, inside the spirit (even if it would be very frightening).
Cendrine: Heidi
9. What book are you recommending to everyone at the moment?
Anne: Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple. A very deep and original epistolary novel. The story of a woman who isn’t made to live in our world.
Cendrine: I’m in the middle of Robe de Marié by Pierre Lemaitre, a terrifying revenge story. Lemaitre is a great writer of frightening yet plausible situations.
10. What do books and reading mean to you?
Anne: It means escape, solace and intimacy.
Cendrine: Being alone with words, diving into them, absorbing them.
Oksa Pollock: The Heart of Two Worlds by Anne Plichota and Cendrine Wolf is out now from Pushkin Children's for £12.99.
