I’m Quinn Anderson, author of New Heights and the Murmur Inc. series. Welcome to my blog tour for Fourteen Summers! Stay tuned to get fun facts about this release, inside information about my writing process, and to learn how I chose my penname. Leave comments for a chance to win a $10 Riptide gift card. I look forward to chatting with you all!

Five Fun Facts about Fourteen Summers

1. This is my first book about twins, but I doubt it’ll be my last. I almost put a pair of twin sisters in another one of my novels, but they were off-screen characters, so I decided to save it for later. I’ve always been fascinated by the twin bond, especially because I’m very close with my own siblings. In the future, though, I’ll probably do fraternal instead of identical.
2. Some friends begged me to make this book a love triangle when I first started talking about it, but I said a firm no to that. I’m so over love triangles, and with twins, that seems incestuous, which is not what this book is about. It wouldn’t match the fun, summery tone of the story. Besides, there’s plenty of conflict without it.
3. If you ever need any incentive to follow me on social media: the main character is named Aiden because my followers voted for that name! I put a poll up and let them decide. Other options included Adam, Caden, and the name I was going to do with, Alex. But Aiden was the clear fan favorite.
4. The original title for this novel was “The Kingsman Twins.” It was changed for reasons I’ll get into on another stop on my blog tour. Keep an eye out for that entry!
5. A lot of the events and settings in this book are based on my actual childhood. Sadly, the duckling story is something I saw happen, thanks to a rotten neighborhood boy. On a lighter note, Oliver is based on Elliot, a neighborhood boy I had a crush on when I was little. He lived in the house next door, actually. If only my life were a Taylor Swift song, we might have ended up together!

About Fourteen Summers

Identical twins Aiden and Max Kingsman have been a matched set their whole lives. When they were children, Aiden was happy to follow his extroverted brother’s lead, but now that they’re in college, being “my brother, Aiden” is starting to get old. He’s itching to discover who he is outside of his “twin” identity.

Oliver’s goals for the summer are simple: survive his invasive family, keep his divorced parents from killing each other, and stay in shape for rowing season. He’s thrilled when he runs into his old friends, the Kingsman twins, especially Aiden, the object of a childhood crush. Aiden is all grown-up, but some things have stayed the same: his messy curls, his stability, and how breathless he makes Oliver. Oliver’s crush comes back full force, and the feeling is mutual. Summer just got a whole lot hotter.

Fun-loving Max takes one thing seriously: his role as “big brother.” When Aiden drifts away, Max can’t understand how his own twin could choose a boy over him. Summer won’t last forever, and with friendship, family, and happily ever after on the line, they’ll have to navigate their changing relationships before it’s too late.

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About Quinn Anderson

Quinn Anderson is an alumna of the University of Dublin in Ireland and has a master’s degree in psychology. She wrote her dissertation on sexuality in popular literature and continues to explore evolving themes in erotica in her professional life.

A nerd extraordinaire, she was raised on an unhealthy diet of video games, anime, pop culture, and comics from infancy. Her girlfriend swears her sense of humor is just one big Joss Whedon reference. She stays true to her nerd roots in writing and in life, and frequently draws inspiration from her many fandoms, which include Yuri on Ice, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Buffy, and more. Growing up, while most of her friends were fighting evil by moonlight, Anderson was kamehameha-ing her way through all the shounen anime she could get her hands on. You will often find her interacting with fellow fans online and offline via conventions and Tumblr, and she is happy to talk about anything from nerd life to writing tips. She has attended conventions on three separate continents and now considers herself a career geek. She advises anyone who attends pop culture events in the UK to watch out for Weeping Angels, as they are everywhere. If you’re at an event, and you see a 6’2” redhead wandering around with a vague look on her face, that’s probably her.

Her favorite authors include J.K. Rowling, Gail Carson Levine, Libba Bray, and Tamora Pierce. When she’s not writing, she enjoys traveling, cooking, spending too much time on the internet, playing fetch with her cat, screwing the rules, watching Markiplier play games she’s too scared to play herself, and catching ’em all.

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To celebrate the release of Fourteen Summers, Quinn is giving away a $10 Riptide credit! Leave a comment with your contact info to enter the contest. Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on May 26, 2018. Contest is NOT restricted to U.S. entries. Thanks for following along, and don’t forget to leave your contact info!