Michelle Schusterman
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Children's author, screenwriter, freelance writer/editor, musician, Vogon poet |
| Location | New York City, NY, United States |
| Introduction | I'm the author of the middle grade series I HEART BAND (Jan 2014, Penguin/Grosset). I play the steel drum, sometimes for fun, sometimes for money, sometimes (rarely) for both. |
| Interests | French Market Extra-Strong Coffee with Chicory |
| Favorite Movies | Lord of the Rings, Die Hard, X-Men, Star Trek, Iron Man, anything with explosions |
| Favorite Music | Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Thelonius Monk, Medeski Martin and Wood, The Bad Plus, Tower of Power, Daniela Mercury, Maria Rita, Céu, Esperanza Spalding, Björk, Ojos de Brujo, Angelique Kidjo, Joss Stone |
| Favorite Books | Hitchhiker's Guide, His Dark Materials, Harry Potter, Contact, fantasy, sci-fi, thrillers, awesome space stuff by Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
What reason do you have to believe the earth is flat?
I haven't circled it in a balloon to prove otherwise...yet.