SciFiZone: Ask an Author

Are you curious about what it takes to be a scifi author? Do you wonder where writers get their ideas? E-mail your scifi questions to scifizone@snkids.com

How did you get started writing?

When I didn't like the ending of a book, Mom gave me a typewriter and suggested I write my own. I never stopped.

—Julie Czerneda

Why do you enjoy writing about aliens?

As a biologist, the twists and tricks of living things fascinate me. We live in a world of hang-gliding spiders, forests consisting of a single tree, and fish that sing. I can't imagine a universe that didn't contain different forms of life.

—Julie Czerneda