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Publisher: HarperCollins

Format: Hardback | 432 pages
Publication date: 23 April 2015
Publication City/Country: New York
ISBN 10: 0062118579
ISBN 13: 9780062118578 The Emmy Award-nominated and Edgar Award-winning duo of Susan Kim and Laurence Klavan deliver a heart-pounding finale to the postapocalyptic teen world of the Wasteland, filled with dramatic twists and turns. Bestselling author ofCriminal, Karin Slaughter, called Wasteland "a Lord of the Flies for future generations. An irresistible page-turner."

You can purchase Guardians at the following Retailers: Guest post with Guardians co-Author Laurence Klavan
What are the pros and cons to be a co-Author?

LAURENCE: A collaboration—like a marriage—is more and less than a friendship. You’re connected in ways deeper than just pals are. But you also don’t have the “it’s-okay-if-we-don’t-speak-to-each-other-for-days-on-end” thing that pals have. Not speaking to each other for days on end isn’t good for a collaboration (or a marriage). So, to use a cliché, it’s complicated. And since we’re both collaborators and married, the complications have been doubled. The good parts have included:
1) setting something (i.e., a book) above your own selfish needs and
2) having the thrill of seeing your ideas and someone else’s blend into one.

The bad parts have included…well, why mention them? That’s why writing together and being married is complicated. You have to preserve the book and the relationship. So you have to
1) disagree in a civil way;
2) be sure you feel strongly about your side, if you’re going to argue for it; and
3) be willing to sometimes back down and trust the other’s judgment. The downside of all of that is…well, why go into it here?

But perhaps an example would be informative. In GUARDIANS, Laurence thought the character, Eli, was a nice guy and would be good partner material for our heroine, Esther. Susan thought he was too weak, cloying, not hot, etc. The compromise we came to was…Eli doesn’t end up with Esther. And the big problem with that was—anyway. We’re very happy with the books. And we’re still together. And still pals. Less than pals. And much, much more! Seriously, Susan and I have written many things by ourselves. But this trilogy would not have existed if either of us had tried to write it alone. It’s truly from the two of us, fifty-fifty. As we are in our marriage, in GUARDIANS, we’re inextricable. And that’s nice to know.
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