The book [The Dissemblers] officially came out two weeks after my thirtieth birthday...am I still young?
Liza CampbellFinally, I found a wonderful agent who wanted to work with me, and she sent it to one billion publishers and received one billion rejections, until I was fortunate enough to be matched up with the Permanent Press.
Liza CampbellFrom beginning to end, the novel [Dissemblers] took about three and a half years to write. I didn't write it chronologically.
Liza CampbellI was at an art museum with my parents, and was quite taken with a [Vincent] Van Gogh painting. I stood admiring the painting for some time, and then realized that in addition to feeling moved by the beauty of the painting, I felt a little jealous of the painter.
Liza CampbellI lived in New Mexico until I was seventeen, and honestly I've been homesick ever since I left.
Liza CampbellAt the beginning of the book [The Dissemblers], Ivy [Wilkes] has a long way to go in order to achieve self-sufficiency. Although she is very independent, even somewhat of a loner, she is very affected by other peoples' opinions. At the opening of the book, her ideas of success and achievement are largely defined by the approval of others; over the arc of the story, I think that begins to change a little.
Liza Campbell