Quick lightning round! Tell us the first book you ever remember reading, the one that made you want to become an author, and one that you can’t stop thinking about! Because I had spent years working with teens in the theatre, and I loved that age group so much, I knew they were the group I wanted to write for and about. I needed some new direction, and my mother convinced me to become involved in SCBWI, which was an organization very close to her heart.

I lived and worked in Arkansas for a long time after college, and I only started writing when I moved back to Oklahoma. I’ve spent my whole adult life, right up until now, working in the theatre. The theatre has always been my true love. I actually didn’t start out as a writer, though. Even my brother is a past Poet Laureate for the state of Oklahoma! So writing is in my DNA. My mother has 20 traditionally published novels, mostly middle grade historical fiction, and my father was a poet and non-fiction writer. When did you first discover your love for writing? I’m a huge Disney World fan (we visit every January) and I have this weird obsession with alligators. Now I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with my teenage son and the world’s most cowardly doberman. I went to college in Arkansas and I have a degree in theatre. Hello! I grew up in rural Oklahoma, a small town of about 3,000 people, and I’m the oldest of three kids. We chat with author Ginny Myers Sain about her debut novel Dark and Shallow Lies, along with book recommendations, writing, and more! Hi, Ginny! Can you tell our readers a bit about yourself? A teen girl disappears from her small town deep in the bayou, where magic festers beneath the surface of the swamp like water rot, in this chilling debut supernatural thriller for fans of Natasha Preston, Karen McManus, and Rory Power.

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