You have a degree in cognitive science (the study of the brain and thought) and did field research living with & studying monkeys, did your research with the primates help you to create the world in Raised by Wolves?įor my research, I've spent a lot of time on Monkey Island (which is really called Cayo Santiago), and that definitely shaped the way I write werewolves. Having spent the first few years of my life in a neighborhood that was populated mostly by boys who were several years my senior, having to fight to keep up with people who are bigger and stronger than you are is something I relate to a lot. Bryn grew up knowing she was the underdog (no pun intended), and that shaped a lot of her personality. When I'm writing, I never think "I have to make this believable" or "I have to make the main character strong." I think "I wonder what it would be like to grow up as the only human among a bunch of werewolves," and everything else just falls out of that. Is it difficult to strike that balance where Bryn is human but still capable of holding her own in a world that is predominantly male and where dominance is key and still make it believable to the reader? She doesn’t possess their powers or strength.
It's closer to Buffy than to a straight paranormal romance: lots of action, lots of sarcasm, friends who are like family, and coming of age.īryn is a human girl raised in a world of werewolves. Since then, she's been raised as part of the local werewolf pack, and she's actually pretty comfortable in their world-until the pack starts keeping secrets from her and she finds herself drawn into a fight for her independence- and for justice.
I know this is the standard boring question - but for those who haven’t read Raised by Wolves yet, could you tell us a little bit about it? Raised By Wolves is the story of a human teenager whose family was killed by a rabid werewolf when she was very young.
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