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Hi, Cooper,

Thanks for posting. I’m pleased to hear that you enjoy my writing style. I’ll try to answer all your questions.

1) My characters are fictional, as is their IQs. I make it all up to suit my story. I can’t quite describe the process because I’m not sure how it works myself! But making up stuff is what I do for a living, after all, right?     2) I’ve flown to pretty much everywhere in my travels as an author and guest speaker. The one place I’d like to see is Easter Island. But I guess those big stone heads aren’t terribly interested in a visiting author.     3) I played hockey (hey, I’m Canadian-born!) between the ages of 8 and 16. Now I exercise at a gym, and do some biking and running.     4) I don’t know if this is a “fun fact,” but I’m invited to all sorts of really fancy dinners and super-posh restaurants, and I would trade it all for a good old burger and fries!    5) And as I said in #1, my characters are fictional, which means I make them up. Do they have some of the traits of people I know? You got me! They often do!

OK? Thanks again for your message and your interest, Cooper. Good luck with the project.

                                                                                 —–Gordon Korman—–