Interview: Sarah Beth Durst

An new interview with Sarah Beth Durst (author of Into the Wild) has been posted. Check out this sneak peek:

Your new book Into the Wild is based on elements from a lot of fairy tales. Do you have a fairy tale that is your favorite?

I love "Beauty and the Beast." To me, it's the story of true fairy-tale love: Beauty and her Beast are friends first before they fall in love. If you prefer the Disney version, they dance and have snowball fights. If you prefer Beauty by Robin McKinley, they read books and take long walks. But even in the original fairy tale, they spend time together. It's not like other fairy tales. Look at Snow White: the prince falls in love with a dead girl. They marry as soon as she recovers. How many meaningful conversations can they possibly have had? Or look at Sleeping Beauty -- he doesn't even wait for her to wake up before he kisses her. How can they possibly have a good marriage if he didn't even respect her enough to take her out to the movies first? But Beauty and the Beast... I believe they really do live happily ever after.

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