Tell us about the inspiration behind THE PRINCESS GAMES.
I am often inspired by my
surroundings and the idea for ‘The Princess Games’ came to me when I was
touring an old castle near my grandparents’ home in Niedersachsen, Germany! It
was beautiful in a sleepy way and I was so excited to bring the castle’s
world-that-could-be to life in the story!
There’s been much
discussion lately about the “princessification” of little girls. (Especially in
toy aisles, where formerly neutral toys—doctor’s kits, etc.—have been moved to
the boy section.) Were you thinking of this at all when you drafted THE
PRINCESS GAMES? How do you feel about the “princessification” issue?
I think it’s always important to
teach girls that they can be and do more than be something nice to look at,
especially in a time where popular culture has a strong idea of what a girl
‘should’ be and we see it in the media every day from young ages on and
throughout our formative years. ‘The Princess Games’ isn’t there to lecture
girls in any way, but I populated its world with different versions of
girlhood, to reinforce the message that there’s no single correct way to be a
girl.
In the opening pages
of the novel, Emma is quite clear that she doesn’t want to be a princess. Do
you think it’s become a dirty word? How so?
I think in the same way as
something being described as ‘girly’ tends to carry a very strong connotation
of a certain type of femininity, ‘princess’ has some negative (or at least,
strictly defined) connotations that many girls would want to distance
themselves from, rightfully. I think that shouldn’t be the case – ‘princess’
and ‘queen’ should carry the same weight, power, and seriousness of ‘prince’
and ‘king’! Emma learns that in the book.
I also love the line
regarding how “girls don’t participate in competitions.” It made me think of
Obama’s recent definition of what it means to play like a girl. How did you
approach definitions of femininity and strength / competitiveness as you
drafted? Did you find that especially tricky when writing for a younger
audience?
I grew up with sisters (one older
and one younger), was a Girl Scout, and grew up with the ‘girls can do anything
(at least) as well as boys can’ attitude, so it wasn’t particularly tricky to
translate my experience of girlhood into something age appropriate. It was
important to me to show both possibilities for competition among girls in ‘The
Princess Games.’ There is both the destructive me-against-you competition and,
later, the constructive challenging-each-other-to-be-better competition.
What can we expect to
see from you next?
I’m working on a sequel to ‘The
Princess Games,’ so keep an eye out!
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