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Some Qs and some As

July 3, 2012 by Ally Carter 87 Comments

Hi everybody!

And a happy Fourth of July to all of the US readers out there. May you have a very safe and happy (and wildfire free) holiday. Oh, and if you and your family do fireworks, please be extremely cautious and maybe reconsider this year if you are in one of the drought-stricken parts of the country. So much potential tragedy if just one spark goes astray.

Now, on to some Qs and As that I have been seeing lately.

Q: when will PERFECT SCOUNDRELS be released?
A: february 5 in the US and Canada. I’m honestly not sure in other countries. I typically don’t get that information, I’m afraid.

Q: have you started writing GG6?
A: not quite yet. I still have to wrap up Heist 3, but I imagine I will start within the next few weeks.

Q: when will GG6 be released?
A: I honestly don’t know yet, but if and when I do know I will share. I promise.

Q: why is the synopsis on this site different from the synopsis I read on Goodreads?
A: this is the official synopsis. It is what will be in all the official marketing materials and (I think) on the back of the book. I don’t know where people get the information that they put on Goodreads, but I can say that I have never seen that synopsis before and I don’t know where it came from.

Q: are Kat and Hale really boyfriend and girlfriend now? When did that happen?
A: pretty much over the course of Heist 2. I know they didn’t come out and say “will you be my girlfriend, yes/no”, but it happened. Life isn’t always that black and white (no matter what Facebook would have you to believe.)

Q: why don’t you make a movie about the Gallagher Girls?
A: for the same reason I’ve been giving for six years now: I don’t have the money, expertise, connections, time or resources to make movies. All I can do is option the rights to people who do have those things, and that is an incredibly complicated issue.

Q: what have you read lately?
A: I’m currently reading CODE NAME VERITY. It is a World War II spy book about two teen girls and it is fab.

Q: what are you doing for the Fourth?
A: working.

Q: why don’t you write faster?
A: see question and answer above.

Q: why don’t you write more GG books and/or do a spinoff?
A: right now, my primary focus is on finishing out the series as strongly as possible. If and when I have a story that merits returning to the world, I will, but I’m not going to force something just to keep “milking” the Gallagher Girls. In short, I must do what is best for the books, foremost and always.

Q: will you do an epilogue do GG6–we should get to see Zach and Cammie’s kids!?
A: will there be an epilogue? Only if the story/situation calls for one. But I think there is now a vast misunderstanding of what epilogues actually are.

Hunger Games had an epilogue with Katniss and her children. Harry Potter had an epilogue with his children. And therefore many readers have been conditioned to think that “end of series”=hero or heroine with babies.

Well, that doesn’t have to be true. It was true for THOSE series, but by no means do I think it has to be true for all.

I know what the last scene of GG6 will be. I’ve known almost since writing GG1. And I’m not going to change that because people have been trained to expect something incredibly specific.

Happy holiday everyone,
Ally

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Comments

  1. Tiffany Bridgmon says

    July 27, 2012 at 10:58 pm

    I notice a lot of people don’t want an epilogue but i would love one i didn’t even think of one thll you said u don’t know if you’re doing one .I love when i get to see how it all ends good or bad because it gives me this feeling of completeness.

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  2. Karina says

    July 31, 2012 at 2:26 am

    HEY ALLY!!! Just wondering when we’ll get some news on the Heist Society Movie. Please notify me!!!!

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  3. Katherine says

    August 10, 2012 at 9:33 pm

    Hey Ally! big fan of the Gallagher sires!!!!! I think if you want to do a movie you should do an independent film! independent films don’t cost a lot of money and it will give a chance to actors and actresses who aren’t famous. i think (if you do diced to do the movie) that every one who sees it will LOVE it!!!!!

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    • Alexis Savard says

      May 25, 2018 at 4:38 pm

      I would love to be in the movie, hint hint. I’m not famous

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  4. Alejandra says

    September 21, 2012 at 8:24 pm

    Ally, i’ve been you #1 fan ever since I was roaming the school library andI picked up “Don’t Judge a Girl by Her Cover” and I though “This might be cool” and when I read it, I hooked up with GG series! I have a queston, Ally. Did Zach have his first kiss with Cammie? If, so that scence when he kisses Cammie in Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy is super sweet! You are my fav author of all time. Also, what will the sixth book be called?

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  5. Nicole kia oliver says

    July 19, 2018 at 6:14 am

    When will you write another GG?

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  6. Lizzy says

    November 25, 2018 at 9:33 pm

    Cool.I’m in love with GG series

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