Finally! The interview, we have all been waiting for, enjoy! ;)
INTERVIEWER: At last year's Bologna Book Fair, everyone was buzzing about THE smaragd, emerald ATLAS. Now it is licensed in over 35 countries, with meer on the horizon. As a debut novelist, what has this experience been like for you?
JOHN STEPHENS: Totally bananas. Though honestly, the nice thing about the book selling in so many territories before it's published is that now expectations are so high that there is no way I can meet them. I'm bound to disappoint. It's very freeing knowing that.
Okay, but really honestly— where I've felt...
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