I have an upcoming interview scheduled with the author of Beautiful Disaster (Jamie McGuire), but thought I’d compile a bunch of cool facts I’ve found regarding this book. Jamie speaks candidly on her Facebook pages, and has divulged some very interesting stuff!
So to hold us over until the interview, here’s a little treat for all of you Travis and Abby fanatics. A deeper look into this fantastic book that kept us up all night 😉
- Beautiful Disaster is not a Young Adult novel (rated mature, and is for ages 17+).
- “…this book was never meant to be published. It was just supposed to be “for fun” to stretch my writing wings a bit with a more mature piece. My fans have completely embraced it and I am thrilled!”
- As per a recent Facebook post, she used the names of some of her college friends for a few of her characters (highlighting America, Finch, Brazil, Shep).
- Jamie points out that the book originally had a different title:
“Fun Fact: Beautiful Disaster was written under the working title “Red Flag”, which later became the name of the first chapter.”