Thanhha Lai Biography

In Thanhha Lai’s interview with KCLS, Lai was honored that her book was recognized as a Newberry contender. Lai’s story started when she moved to the united states have studied a book well enough that she thought why not be a journalist, as she descried herself as a terrible one, she began to write Inside Out and Back Again and it took her 15 years to finish the book. She said that as a child she never wanted to became an author, she wanted to become a naturalist. Lai also wanted to become a singer, dancer and an artist, she believes that your capability will show in you differently, as it showed her capability to become an author. The interviewer asked Lai if she ever visited Vietnam, and if her stories are related to her. Lai did go back to Vietnam for several times after the war, she also clarified that all the stories are related to her and …show more content…
Lai explained that reading the book and listing to it gives the person the same feeling in involvement with the story, but she also said that most first readers read the book instead of listing to it. Even though Lai is an author, she gets tired from writing but still she continues on writing because she doesn’t know what else to do. Lia have a routine in her life to start on writing. The characters from her books are always inspired by real people, her character Ma, is a typical character for a young girl, and she likes the different responds from different people about Ma. Lia Prefers to write in a poetry form if her character is Vietnamese, and in pros if her character is American. Lia also announced about her new novel Butterfly Yellow, which is about a Vietnamese 18-year-old girl that comes to the sates to look for her brother, and she meets an American boy along her journey, they both try to find her brother. Her advice to younger authors to read a million book to realize their voice as writer, and never rush finding that