Part #2 of our interview with author Suleikha Snyder. LUV: You write sexy, diverse stories often including bits of Bengali or Hindi. Can you tell us about your experience? Suleikha: I’m bilingual, so it’s my lived experience. It’s kind of like asking why I would write in English. Why wouldn’t I? This is the world that my characters and I both inhabit. One where you might speak more than one language and flow between them as needed. So, it’s realistic, but it’s also good characterization. I have Latinx characters who speak Spanish, Russian bear shifters who throw in Russian words here and there. That’s just as important as deciding their hair color or where they grew up. It informs who they are and how they move within your book. I want my stories to be as rich and diverse as the world around me, and that’s deliberate work you have to do as a creator.

Posted by LUV Team at 2022-12-20 15:00:19 UTC