Their paths collide one day in Central Park.
But before that, EW can exclusively reveal the cover forI Have Lost My Way,right here.
The book hits shelves March 27, 2018, but isavailable for pre-order now.
Credit: Dennis Kleiman
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What inspired this book?GAYLE FORMAN:Umm, a midlife crisis?
My last YA novel,I Was Here, was published in 2016 but I wrote it in 2012.
I hit the wall on eight different novels.
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I became convinced I couldnt write anymore.
Its how I work things out.
Its also how I support my family.
And something Id assumed Id be able to do for a while longer at least.
But now I couldnt.
It was like Id lost my way.
Thats what I kept saying to myself.
Each of their stories begins with that same line: I have lost my way.
Can you provide brief introductions for each of the narrators?
(Do you have a personal favorite?
Is there a way for Harun to be true to his family, to James, and himself?
As for a favorite, hmmm.
I identify with all of them.
They each have me in them.
And Nathaniel breaks my heart and makes me want to just take care of him.
But I think Harun is my favorite.
The other two characters I had to figure out in the drafting but I knew Harun from the start.
Which is ironic because, on the surface anyway, hes probably the most different from me.
Yes, I wrote a novel about adults but that wasnt because I wanted to leave YA.
Whats the difference between writing for adults and writing YA?
Whether Im writing about 40-year-olds or teens, Im really writing stories about me and for me.
