KATIE KITAMURA
Writer
The list of publications that hailed the writer's novel Audition, released in April, as one of this year’s most anticipated is nearly as long as the preview blurb itself. But after Kitamura’s compulsively readable Intimacies, who could blame them?
WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, WHAT WERE YOU KNOWN FOR?
I used to plan elaborate parties for my family—with menus and activities and games and prizes. I did this on a pretty regular basis. My parents and my older brother were forced to participate. Nobody else was invited. In retrospect, I can see that they were very good-humored about it.
WHO DO YOU CALL THE MOST?
I avoid telephones as much as possible.
WHAT KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT?
Extinction.
“A friend once said to me, “Your books are in a minor key, but you are in a major key.” I think I’m more cheerful than people expect me to be. ”
NAME AN INFLUENCE OF YOURS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE PEOPLE.
Agatha Christie. I read her novels over and over again as a child. I didn’t realize it until fairly recently, but that’s probably the reason why so many of my novels tip their hat to the mystery genre.
WHAT’S SOMETHING PEOPLE GET WRONG ABOUT YOU?
A friend once said to me, “Your books are in a minor key, but you are in a major key.” I think I’m more cheerful than people expect me to be.
in your life?
