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Allie Reynolds | 20 Questions: THE SWELL
Author Guest / July 19, 2022

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE SWELL 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Point Break meets The Beach meets Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, with a bit of Survivor thrown in, on a remote Australian beach. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I wanted a totally different setting to my debut SHIVER. A remote beach backed by lush rainforest seemed about as different as you can get. I was writing THE SWELL during a time when travel was impossible due to the very strict Covid restrictions here in Australia, so it made sense to write a setting I was familiar with. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Yes, totally. Kenna is a kind and thoughtful character who feels everything deeply. She says what she thinks, and we have a lot in common. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Emotional, caring, dare-devil. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? That every book is different. I thought I was the ultimate planner after writing SHIVER and sticking to the plan as I wrote it. With THE SWELL, I kept deviating from the…