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Hi, Charlie. Thanks for your message. I’m thrilled that MASTERMINDS has been such a hit with you!

I’m especially happy that you enjoyed the characters so much. That was a big part of writing the series for me. I knew the premise would stretch readers’ willing suspension of disbelief. From the very beginning, I understood that I needed a cast of complex, relatable, believable, characters to counteract that.

My answer to your main question is an enthusiastic YES! Readers are absolutely free to interpret the relationships between characters however they like. In fact, I’d go even further to say I encourage that. It means the characters I created are alive – and that they continue to live and develop in the mind of every reader. There is no more gratifying feeling for a writer. 

Thanks again for your message. It affected not just as a writer, but as a reader as well. Where would I be without the hundreds of other writers’ characters that continue to live in my own imagination, as real as any person I’ve ever met?

—–Gordon Korman—–