My favorite (so far) has been The Hunger Games books. Butt in chair! 🙂īB: As a YA author, do you read YA yourself? If so, what are your favorite YA titles and why? KH: I have a ton, but to summarize: Read, read, read. It’s too hard to pick one favorite part to write…maybe a couple of the more romantic scenes or the family banter.īB: Any advice to aspiring writers on writing and/or publishing? My favorite part of the book in general is Clare’s snarky voice. KH: There are no scenes that I took out and wished I hadn’t.

When Clarity was finished and ready to be published, were there any scenes/parts that you had taken out but wished you hadn’t? What was your favorite part of the book – in general and to write? Then, after developing these characters that I loved, I came up with a plot that would torture them! For research, I visited a few psychics, chatted online with criminal justice folk (specifically about the Explorer program), and discussed the ups and downs of living in a tourist town with my father (who grew up on Cape Cod).īB: Writing is definitely a process of editing and revising. Next I worked on the setting-their tourist beach town. I came up with this idea of a “family of freaks” who each had their own paranormal gift. Then (many long years and three failed novels later) I sold Clarity!īB: What was the inspiration behind Clarity, and what kind of research did you do for it? Writing continued to call to me, though, so I did it on the side as a hobby. I got a degree in Marketing and an MBA and started my career. But I thought it was a pipe dream, so I went to college for business instead.

KH: I’ve always wanted to be a writer, ever since I was a little girl. (Mar.BookBandit(BB): Can you tell me about yourself, and your background as a writer? Clare is a teen detective for the 21st century. While recalling classic sleuth stories, Harrington creates a fiery and sharp-witted heroine who's more Veronica Mars than Nancy Drew (Nancy almost certainly never used the term 'Skanky McSkankbag').

Harrington's well-developed characters and tight plot are simultaneously charming, realistically complex, and intriguing. When her brother becomes the prime suspect and two more people are killed, it will take all of Clare's smarts and abilities to uncover the truth before she becomes the next victim. When a tourist girl is found murdered, Clare jumps at the invitation to help with the case: following the clues and working with the police is exciting, even if it requires her to spend time with her cheating ex-boyfriend and the yummy son of the town's new detective. She can uncover memories and emotions by touching objects, her mother can read minds, and her brother is a medium. Sixteen-year-old Clarity 'Clare' Fern works in the family business doing psychic readings for summer tourists in their Cape Cod town. Harrington debuts with an auspicious kickoff to a series of mysteries with a psychic twist.

Clarity by Kim Harrington