With her second novel, REVEL, Maurissa moves from enchanted
medieval tapestry to modern-day sea monsters—some of them the stuff that
daydreams are made of.
She lives on the coast of Maine with her husband and
three kids. She’s a former Inkie, so we say: Welcome home, Maurissa!
Boy, Maurissa, you sure know
how to show a girl a good time. In your first book, WARPED, you sent a modern
young woman into a medieval tapestry to fight a dragon and an evil sorceress.
And now, in REVEL, your heroine is trapped on a mysterious uncharted island
complete with sea monsters. What propelled the leap from medieval England to a
modern —but still harrowing—Maine island? What got you started on the road to
REVEL?
So glad you had a good time, Ellen. I hope other readers
will too! The idea for REVEL began with a visit to a real place here in Maine—Peaks
Island. A ferry leaves from Portland several times a day to transport visitors
and residents to this beautiful, rocky island. Each time I visit I’m impressed
by the feeling of being very removed from everyday life on the mainland as well
as a very distinct air of independence among the close knit people who live
there year round.
Those features—the island being isolated from “real” life as
well as the reserved nature of the inhabitants—just needed one more thing to
get a story going in my head. Monsters!
I have to say, this
book surprised me at every turn, and I NEVER would have predicted what happens
to your heroine and her friends. Did you surprise yourself, or did you always
know how things were going to turn out?
I had no idea what was going to happen or how things were
going to be resolved. Even now I’m wondering what’s going on over there on
Trespass…
