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The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Sam Hawksmoor (view source)
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Sam Hawksmoor
|reviewer=Robert James Dean
|summary=We loved [[The Repossession by Sam Hawksmoor]], a stunning sci-fi novel for teens, with an exceptionally likeable central pairing and a fast-moving and exciting plot. It's totally crazy in the very best way. We couldn't resist asking a few questions when Sam popped into see us.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340997087</amazonuk>
* '''BB: For me, one of the most chilling aspects of The Repossession is the location of Spurlake and the people who live there. (I'm keeping that vague because most people reading this interview won't have had a chance to get the book yet, obviously!) What's your favourite location in fiction?'''
SH: For me Vancouver and the hinterland of B.C. are a continuing fascination. [[:Category:Doug Douglas Coupland|Doug Coupland’s ]] ''Girlfriend in a Coma'' brings it vividly to life. Half our favourite movies are filmed in Vancouver (Twilight for example, Juno) and I wanted to set my story in B.C. where I have lived on and off for twenty years. It’s also about credibility. The American/Canadian West Coast is where all the new ideas and science is being developed and tested. This is story that just couldn’t work if it was set in England. It lacks the dramatic geography.
* '''BB: Speaking of Spurlake, I absolutely love [http://www.samhawksmoor.com/backgroundPossession.html the page] about it on your website giving background information on the town. Was this your idea, or the publisher's?'''
* '''BB: In addition to some brilliant stuff about The Repossession, your [http://www.samhawksmoor.com/reviews.html website] also contains a bunch of reviews you've written of other YA books. Which would you particularly recommend to someone who needs a book to read while waiting for The Repossession to be published?'''
SH: I just read [[D4rk Inside by Jeyn Roberts|Dark Inside]] by Jeyn Roberts (Massive earthquake triggers a zombie virus) on the West Coast. [http://www.samhawksmoor.com/shipbreaker.html Ship Breaker] by [[:Category:Paulo Paolo Bacigalupi|Paulo Bacigalupi]] (Surely the one writer who really knows what the future of the West will be like). The Droughtlanders by Carrie Mac (terrific climate change/ terrorist/ feuding brothers trilogy). But hey, if you read all those you won't have time for mine...
* '''BB: And that would DEFINITELY be a mistake! Grab the Repossession first, people. Then read those other books. (Great recommendations, though - have just picked up Dark Inside from the library so will look forward to reading it.)