An Author’s Scrapbook – Susan McKinney

Today we’re having the lovely author Susan McKinney over the blog! We’ll get to know her family, secret wish, guilty pleasure and all of her favorite things!

 

1- Favorite Books – Birds of America by Lorrie Moore, The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Luis Urrea

2- Favorite Authors – Luis Urrea, Lorrie Moore, Tobias Wolff, Sandra Gulland

3- Favorite Blogs:

–The San Miguel Writers Conference where I met my publisher!
– Gina Hyams writer friend who just did a book on pies!
– The Mirror– My Mexican middle school students writing imperfectly in English.

4- Favorite place to read – On the back of a horse.  Ha – not!  In a beach chair, really.

5- Favorite hobby – Riding with my daughters

6- Oddball Fact – My father was the 1981 NBA Coach of the Year.  He was with the Indiana Pacers.  His name is Jack McKinney.

7- Secret Wish – To give a reading with my father, who wrote Tales from the St. Joseph´s Hardwood: The Hawk Will Never Die

8- Favorite drink – You thought I’d say Margaritas, but it’s Micheladas! Take the largest beer mug you can find and salt the rim. Add ice,
Clamato, Tabasco, beer.  I blogged about it.

9- Favorite food – Tacos, tacos, tacos

10- Guilty pleasure – Snooki

11- Favorite Band – This dates me.  Talking Heads, B-52s.

12- Any curiosities about you/your blog/your book – The most frequently asked question I get from book clubs and audiences is “What did your parents think about your wish to stay in Mexico and be with a poor teenager?”  To find out the answer, read Flirting in Spanish!

You can find out more about Susan by visiting her Website, Blog and Facebook!

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Image Credits
Lorrie Moore - http://www.google.com.mx/search?tbm=isch&hl=es&source=hp&biw=859&bih=390&q=lorrie+moore&gbv=2&oq=Lorrie+Moore&aq=0&aqi=g1g-S8&aql=&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=500l3797l0l6015l16l14l2l3l2l0l328l1672l0.1.4.1l6l0
Book Cover - Tales from the St. Joseph´s Hardwood -
 http://www.amazon.com/Tales-St-Josephs-Hardwood-Never/dp/1582619298/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1318022445&sr=1-1
Snooki - http://www.google.com.mx/search?tbm=isch&hl=es&source=hp&biw=859&bih=390&q=snooki&gbv=2&oq=snooki&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=1531l2359l0l4469l6l6l0l0l0l0l360l969l2-1.2l3l0#q=snooki&hl=es&gbv=2&tbm=isch&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=4bfc9f26a5403ea6&biw=1024&bih=560
The Hummingbird´s Daughter -
 http://www.amazon.com/Hummingbirds-Daughter-Luis-Alberto-Urrea/dp/0316154520/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318024640&sr=8-1