Here are most of the many questions we have developed for our interview with Lauren Redniss. I have included so many questions because I did not want to disenfr
What is the theme of this book?
What is the biggest message you wanted to convey from Century Girl?
When I was reading your book and looking at all of the pictures I noticed a reoccurrence of the color blue. For example Doris' wedding suit was blue and in a lot of the black and white photos...
Do we interpret Doris as a girl does not care much about his family members (her dad and her brother), or she is just so obsessed with the show business and her own career?
What inspired you to write a book about Doris Eaton? Where did the idea come from in the first place? Did you bump into her at the supermarket and just decide to write about her?
What was the age group of the audience that you were aiming for? Teens? Adults? Kids?
Who did you write Century Girl for?
When you first imagined writing this book, what did you imagine the finished product would be like. And was the result the same as you thought it would be?
What gave you the idea of design the book out the way you did? (Like the collage type layout and the handwritten text)
I definitely thought the way how you made the book is different from other biographies. Is there a source of inspiration that made you think of such way?
What gave you the idea of design the book out the way you did? (Like the collage type layout and the handwritten text)
Can you describe Doris Eaton's demeanor?
How was Doris when you met her personally. Was she enthusiastic and outgoing? Did she not care much about her family as she is portrayed in the book?
How long did it take you to put all of this work together? And how much time did you get to spend with Doris?
What was it like talking to Doris in person? I bet the stories were more amazing when told directly from her. Were there any stories that you found interesting that you didn't include in the book?
How long did it take you to put all of this work together? And how much time did you get to spend with Doris?
How was Doris when you met her personally. Was she enthusiastic and outgoing? Did she not care much about her family as she is portrayed in the book?
Did you get to work with people to put the layout of each page together? How did that work? Did you lose any control over the layout that you would've liked to keep?
Why you choose the combination of black and white hand drawings and photography?
How did you decide what pictures to put in the book? Sometimes, I cannot see a relationship between the pictures and the content, so are all those pictures related to the content?
Why did you split the book up the way you did?
Why are some of the people faceless?
Why is the text hand written as opposed to typed?
Why did you decide to make this book into a graphic novel?
How did you choose the backgrounds for certain scenes in her life such as when Joe Eaton played with soldiers?
"Why did you write about people other than Doris? It is a book about the life of Doris.."
When you had multiple pages with only illustration, why did you think that the content on the page before deserve to have more illustrations than other pages?
As one of the assignments the classes are to complete as they study your book, we're imitating your style create a page about a minor character. Do you have any advice or rules on design?
"Why did you decide that the drawn illustrations would just be in black and white? Why not color? "
Did you create the font for this book? What was your purpose in choosing/creating a handwritten-esque font in all caps?
What was the process that you had to go through to create this book? Were there any that you particularly liked or disliked?
How long did it take for you to finish writing the book in a scrapbook form?
Did Doris give any specific instructions in how she wanted to be portrayed in the book? If so, were they different from who she really was in life?
What was the most challenging part about writing this type of novel?
What is the most interesting thing you find about Doris' life?
What is your favorite thing about Doris and Century Girl?
Is there anything that you wish you would have put in the book that you didn't include?
Do you feel closer to the past through writing this book?
Has writing this book changed your perspective of the female during the 1900s at all? For me personally I always assumed that women were seen as wives and mothers, nothing more. But I liked seeing Dor
What is your favorite page in the book?
What is your most favorite moment of Doris?
After writing this book, do you wish that the present could be more like the past?
If you could live in one time period of Doris’s life, which would you choose?
What's your feeling towards Doris?
After learning about Doris' life, would you rather live a long life and go through several tragedies or would you rather live a short life with little traumatic events?
What was Doris's reaction to the publication of this book?
Do you plan to do an autobiography? If so, would it be in the form of a graphic fiction?
How does dancing affect your life?
What is one thing about the 1920s,that you learned, that is still evident in today's times?
What is your favorite thing about the 1920s?
Are there any other projects that you are currently working on?
When you depicted Evelyn, why did you use a picture of her when she already looked heartbroken? Was that because there weren't any other pictures of her? Or did you have some other intent, such as for
"Why in the nonsense did you include the half-page sized drawing of the surrealist 'Lobster Telephone' statue on page 107? I cannot find any connection between the text about how Doris has reverted
Why did you start the book with the birth and death information of Doris' whole family?
"On page 141 of Century Girl, there is a picture with a caption of 2 TVs and some happy handicapped children. The accompanying caption reads “a TV set given to Childrens’ Convalescent Hospital....
"Also, on pages 66-67, which address the start of prohibition, almost the entire page is green. It in fact reminded my of the color of absinthe. Besides page 3 (a very muted color) and another....
"What does the images means on page 44-45? Why is the human figure on the left page seemed to be “showing off” an insect? What does the insect represent? Why is there only a part of the woman...
Why is the nearly no description about Doris dad in the book. Although her dad and her brother were both not very into their show business, there were several pages talking about her brother...
In the introduction on the page that lists all of the family members and their deaths, what was your reasoning behind the small picture of the flower overlapping Doris' father?
Why did you choose include the entire spread of the "Girl's Nationality by the Way She Kisses" when you could have included only half the spread and portray the same message?
"On pages 132-133 there is a wonderful picture of a living room, and it's minimally photoshopped. It's one of my favorite and an image that invokes a family home!
Why did you choose to have the text about Salvador Dali's Lobster Telephone going upside-down on page 106?
What have you learned from creating CENTURY GIRL that helped you approach your newer works (whether RADIOACTIVE or other pieces) with new perspectives?
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