basiaFirst and foremost, her name rhymes with "Sasha." When she's not correcting mispronunciations, she's probably accidentally intimidating new acquaintances with her rather wolfish grin and sharp wit. She loves the tall, dark, and creepy things in life, Halloween, Psycho, and mermaids. She is a wild mage by nature, an editor by trade, and will gleefully win any debate you start about the importance of the Oxford Comma.
(It's necessary, okay.) currently writing: co-writing a supernatural murder mystery set in Philadelphia currently known as Parker & Winthrop favorite books: Dracula, Harry Potter, Howl's Moving Castle, and The Night Circus favorite genres: high fantasy, magical realism, modern/urban fantasy, superhero, paranormal/paranormal romance, some science fiction, horror, thriller, and the occasional mystery |
connorTo answer your question: yes, Connor is a girl. Named after Flannery O'Connor, it should come as no surprise that she eventually developed a love for writing despite dreading it as a child. A child of many hometowns, she loves to travel and can be found on any given day either wishing she was back in Ireland or giving out copies of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society like she's Oprah. Oh, and word to the wise: don't get her started on the Library of Alexandria. She's never quite gotten over it.
currently writing: co-writing a supernatural murder mystery set in Philadelphia currently known as Parker & Winthrop favorite books: Death on the Nile, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Miss Rumphius, The Scarlet Pimpernel favorite genres: mystery, fantasy, magical realism, historical fiction (esp. circa World War II), memoir, classics, superhero, literary fiction, the occasional sci-fi or romance novel |
basia&connor
- don't remember how they became friends. one day it was "oh, you live across the hall," and the next we were hammering on each other's doors yelling about tea and books and television
- have an uncanny ability of knowing just when the kettle has finished boiling
- eerily in sync
- have been known to sip our tea at the same time... unintentionally.
- once bought the exact same amount of froyo despite getting different flavors/toppings
- tend to tweet/text the same thing at the same time
- have to coordinate before hanging out so they don't show up wearing the same thing
- tend to come up with a wild project idea and drag the other one into it (this goes both ways)
- have been known to trade bags of loose leaf tea in the middle of a crowded sidewalk
- are actually two different people (we promise)