![]() ![]() A big part of the Blue Bloods books is travel. She’d come to me with a chapter or a scene. Once she started writing books in that genre, I became interested. MJ: Mel and I both read a lot of science fiction and fantasy books. What was your first involvement with her books? I wouldn’t dare approach the content of her adult books – it’s just so foreign to me. I wasn’t involved at all in her chick-lit novels, but I’ve been her collaborator since Blue Bloods. MJ: It was only when she took that step into fantasy. Michael, when did you begin collaborating with Melissa? ![]() PW spoke with the duo about being creative collaborators, their long marriage, and what it will be like to tour as co-authors for the first time. Johnston, an architect and writer, is billed as co-author on Frozen (Putnam, Sept.), the first in the couple’s post-apocalyptic Heart of Dread trilogy, in which Earth has frozen over and the only remnant of civilization is a city called New Vegas Natasha, a 16-year-old blackjack dealer, encounters many dangerous obstacles in her effort to reach “the Blue,” a mythical land where the sun still shines. ![]() Although Melissa de la Cruz’s husband, Michael Johnston, has been collaborating on all of her YA novels since the first book in the Blue Bloods series, his name has never appeared on the jackets along with his wife’s – until now. ![]()
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