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Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly
plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people
watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges
on one girl. . . .
Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen
with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her
stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the
handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an
intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty
and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her
past in order to protect her world's future.
Marissa Meyer on Cinder, writing, and leading men
Which of your characters is most like you?
I wish I could say that I'm clever and mechanically-minded like Cinder,
but no--I can't fix anything. I'm much more like Cress, who makes a
brief cameo in Cinder and then takes a more starring role in the third
book. She's a romantic and a daydreamer and maybe a little on the naïve
side--things that could be said about me too--although she does find
courage when it's needed most. I think we'd all like to believe we'd
have that same inner strength if we ever needed it.
Where do you write?
I have a home office that I've decorated with vintage fairy tale
treasures that I've collected (my favorite is a Cinderella cookie jar
from the forties) and NaNoWriMo posters, but sometimes writing there
starts to feel too much like work. On those days I'll write in bed or
take my laptop out for coffee or lunch.
If you were stranded on a desert island, which character from Cinder
would you want with you?
Cinder, definitely! She has an internet connection in her brain,
complete with the ability to send and receive comms (which are similar
to e-mails). We'd just have enough time to enjoy some fresh coconut
before we were rescued.
The next book in the Lunar Chronicles is called Scarlet*, and is about
Little Red Riding Hood. What is appealing to you most about this
character as you work on the book?*
Scarlet is awesome--she's very independent, a bit temperamental, and has
an outspokenness that tends to get her in trouble sometimes. She was
raised by her grandmother, an ex-military pilot who now owns a small
farm in southern France, who not only taught Scarlet how to fly a
spaceship and shoot a gun, but also to have a healthy respect and
appreciation for nature. I guess that's a lot of things that appeal to
me about her, but she's been a really fun character to write! (The two
leading men in Scarlet, Wolf and Captain Thorne, aren't half bad
either.)
