When she finds out, it’s a tough adjustment. What she doesn’t know is that Frank is transgender. She knows all that, but doesn’t really care. Even though he’s older, and in a relationship. Which is probably why Elle falls in love with him. He’s the first one to find out how young she is, and he takes it upon himself to look out for her. He lives in the next apartment over with his girlfriend Molly. Her mother’s new boyfriend doesn’t want her around, and her mother is so smitten that she just rents Elle her own apartment and dumps her there. Give a short statement describing your most recent novel, Jumpstart the World.Įlle is a barely-16-year-old girl living in New York City. When two characters set out traveling to find the beauty in the world, you know that’s going to be cinematic. I also think Chloe would adapt well because it’s a road story. And that screenplay is still kicking around. I still think the novel-being part war story, part very odd love story, part reincarnation-themed-would be great on the screen. It was in development with a small film company at the time. I actually was given the job of writing a screenplay for my novel Walter’s Purple Heart. Your novel Pay It Forward was adapted to film, but, of your other published works, is there another that you feel is particularly cinematic? It really bugged me that he never made it into the movie. I think we all have that in varying degrees. Because of that sense of “otherness” that holds him back. The other character who comes to mind is Reuben in Pay It Forward. I think the more my characters are emotionally vulnerable, the more I feel for them and with them. But he cares, especially for those who have no one else to protect them. Jordy is a little separate from the people around him. Shortly after I wrote that book, I had a really good friend tell me, “You know, you are Jordy.” Which was kind of interesting, since I’m not a 17-year old male throw-away street teen. The first guy who comes to mind is Jordy from Becoming Chloe. Are there one or two characters that you personally identify with more than others? In what way? You have many published novels and, I’m sure many that didn’t reach publication.
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