Jimmy is looking to unload the place.
Li blends her own heritage with a sharp eye for humor and interpersonal relationships.
It has a whole lot to do with LaCroix.
Credit: Margarita Corporan; Henry Holt and Company
Read on for her answers to all of EWs burning questions.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What is the first thing ever that you remember writing?LILLIAN LI:Fanfiction!
Harry Potter fanfiction to be exact.
I co-wrote it with my best friend in fifth grade.
I still remember the plot a love potion prank gone wrong causes McGonagall to fall for Snape.
Theres a definite possibility this story is still online.
I tookKitchen Confidentialwith me, and my co-passenger and I took turns reading it out loud.
So the first time we dip into her head, it reverses a lot of assumptions.
Shes not the weak, little widow her family thinks she is.
Which book is at the top of your current to-read list?America Is Not the Heartby Elaine Castillo.
Where do you write?Wherever its free (so mostly at home).
I (and my poor parents) must have listened to that cassette so many times.
I can still hear the narrators voice in my head.
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What is a snack you couldnt write without?I drink a lot of LaCroix.
I didnt even like seltzer five years ago…now Im utterly under its mind control.
Im really glad LaCroixs infected the rest of America!
I feel a little less insane/frivolous for buying a 30-pack every other week.
If you could change one thing about any of your books, what would it be?The acknowledgments!
There are so many more people Ive become gravely indebted to since the final edits were due.
