Matched by Ally Condie

Q: What inspired you to write down fited?

A: fited was inspired by way of a few revel ins—particular ones, like a conversation with my husband and chaperoning a high school prom—and common ones, like falling in love and becoming a discern.

Q: How do you suppose fited differs from different dyforestallian novels?

A: i believe it’s other in that it’s most likely much less motion-orientated and extra introspective. this is really the tale of one lady, Cassia, finding out to make a choice.

Q: the cover for fited is so crowd pleasing and mysterious. What does the picture constitute to you?

A: i can't consider a extra highest cover for this e-book. To me, the picture is a transparent representation of Cassia, the main personality, and the way she's trapped in her global. It’s kind of an exquisite global—the bubble is beautiful—but it surely’s confining nonetheless. And, in fact, the color green is essential to the e-book. I’m in order that thrilled about this cover. Theresa Evangelista, the designer, and Samantha Aidentitye, the photographer and style, are incredibly gifted.

Q: In fited, details member of the Society is not only assigned a spouse, they’re also assigned a task, and Cassia, your main personality, is a data sorter. when you lived in the Society, what activity do you suppose you’d have?

A: i'd undoubtedly now not be a data sorter. i'm poor with numbers and patterns. i believe i'd most certainly be a tdetailser or instructor. Or perhaps one of the crucial folks didentity a secular job, like dishwashing. i've a feeling that i'dn’t fare really well in the Society.

Q: Dylan Thomas’ classic poem, “do not go gentle,” is a part of a subject that you just’ve woven all through fited. Do you remember when you first came throughout this poem? What made main to use it for your novel?

A: I don’t remember once I first read this poem, that's beautiful embarrassing. however I do remember the first time I heard a recording of the writer reading it. I remember feeling virtually reverent, and paying close consideration to how he stated the phrases and went in the course of the traces. This poem came to thoughts virtually immediately once I started writing the e-book. It’s one of the vital common poem I’ve ever encountered. the first line by myself resonates immediately with virtually everyone.

Q: What do you prefer about writing for youths?

A: everything. i like speaking with teenagers themselves about e-books. i like trying to capture the teenage voice. And i like writing about teenagers as a result of they've such a lot happening in their lives, and they are hooked in to those things.

Q: What had been one of the most e-books you liked as a young person? Didentity any class e-books influence fited at all?

A: I beloved (and nonetheless do) Anne Tyler and Wallace Stegner. I remember being offered to these writers in 9th grade and being floored by way of the wonderful thing about their writing. I also beloved the rest by way of Agatha Christie. i believe those e-books didentity influence me—now not in any concrete, particular manner, however in that I wanted to write down a story a few personality value being concerned about although/on account of the truth that she's background and human.

Q: What would you like your readers to remove from the revel in of reading fited?

A: i hope they may be able to cast off no matter what they want from the tale. i hope there is something there for a reader--whether it’s in relation to a personality or reading a scene that feels precise or the rest.

Q: Will there be extra e-books that includes Cassia, or set on this planet of fited?

A: yes! There will likely be extra e-books in the fited trilogy.