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Hi, Liza & Ione,

Thanks for posting. I’m pleased to hear that THE SUPERTEACHER PROJECT went over so well with both of you. I hope you’ll go on to read many more of my books. There are 104 of them now, so you won’t be running out of reading material any time soon!

Your questions: In education, I definitely prefer people over robots. I’m not worried about AI “taking over,” as you put it. Here’s how you should be thinking aboutAI:       It can’t think or feel;

                                                                                       It can only mimic and steal.

My books, including THE SUPERTEACHER PROJECT, are the result of a lot of thinking and plotting. Maybe people think it’s all inspiration, but the real truth is that it’s just work. It’s work that I love, yes. but it IS hard work.

Names of characters — it’s funny you should ask that, because it can be a real issue for me. I can’t write about someone if he or she has what I consider the “wrong” name. I work very hard for the name to suit my character. I have no idea how I know when I hit upon the “right” name, but I do know. And I guess you do too!

OK? Thanks again for writing, girls. Good luck with your own work.        

                                                       Kindest regards,                                                  —–Gordon Korman—–