When did you realize you wanted to be a writer? The day usually ends with bashing around story ideas over a pint up the street at my local with my guy-and occasional writing partner-Jon. If I’m on deadline, I usually forget to eat until I’m hungry enough that I can’t form coherent sentences. The rest of the time, I have a desk and a daybed in my office. Occasionally the local fauna come hang out with me-Earl the white cat from up the street, an entire family of raccoons, that squirrel with the judgey expression on his face… Weather permitting, I like to sit in my backyard and write. Another is very long showers if I’m stuck on a plot point (I should probably have a whiteboard installed in the bathroom). I tend not to follow a particular set routine, but there are definitely consistent elements. LL: I mostly try to get done what needs to get done-anything from brainstorming to writing to revising/copy-editing/proofing to doing publicity stuff. SDTC: Walk us through a typical day in your life, from getting up until going to bed. Lesley Livingston is an award-winning author of teen and middle-grade fiction, best known for the Wondrous Strange series, recently named one of CBC’s “100 YA Books That Make You Proud To Be Canadian.” Her novel, The Valiant, is a gripping historical fantasy recounting seventeen-year-old Fallon’s tumultuous journey from fierce Celtic princess to legendary female gladiator and darling of the Roman empire. 12, 2017.The Word On The Street Festival touches down in less than a month, and in anticipation, we’re rolling out a series of interviews with authors we know you’ll love.

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The Vampire Diaries, based on the books by L.J. The CW has seen a great deal of success adapting YA books for TV. 'I am, understandably, OVER THE MOON about this,' said Livingston, whose other books include the Wondrous Strange series, the Never series and the Starling Saga series. Livingston took to Twitter to express her excitement for the new series. Why Lesley Livingston's superhero name would be Deadline.The camp is owned by Julius Caesar, her family's loathed enemy, and Fallon is forced to fight for survival and freedom in the arenas. The Toronto author's book follows a Celtic princess named Fallon, who is kidnapped and sold into a training camp for female gladiators. The drama is not yet ordered to series, but will be developed by Laurie Arent and Mary Beth Basile, who have worked on NCIS: New Orleans and Evil Men respectively. Lesley Livingston's YA novel The Valiantis being developed into a one-hour television series for The CW, home of the popular shows Jane the Virgin and Riverdale, Variety has reported.

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