Kelly Parra’s latest (after her popular debut Graffiti Girl) combines teen angst, a look into Mexican folk culture and paranormal beliefs with blogging and a budding romance with a “mysterious guy from the wrong side of town”. Sound like a killer original background for a coming-of-age novel? You bet! (and you guys know what a sucker I am for anything remotely “cultural” for lack of a better word).
Q. Which scene (or scenes) in your novel did you love writing? Why?
I loved writing the suspense scenes in Invisible Touch. Suspense scenes really drive me, and are the only scenes that flow easily for me. I don’t want to give any details away about the book, but there are a couple of suspenseful scenes near the end…
Q. What were some of your favorite books as a kid?
I didn’t read as much as I would have liked, but when I did I loved being swept away in the world of V.C. Andrews’ books. (Ooh yes! I’d devoured a few of those too back in the day!)
Q. Celeb you fatasize the most about while writing your male characters?
Hmm, I don’t usually fantasize about celebs in my books, but the celebs who inspire my characters are Milo Ventimiglia from Heroes and Jensen Ackles from Supernatural.
Q. What would you change about your life if you became the next Sophie Kinsella?
I would definitely make our life a little bit easier, and buy a home with an office for me! 
Its my goal for myself. (Actually, I will take this moment to comment on my own “home office” fantasy… something I’d seen in a hotel room where the sleeping area of a bedroom is separated from the “office” area by a pair of french doors hiding a sort of little anteroom… I would get lovely drapes to cover the french doors in case I stay up writing into the night… ahhh… to dream…)
Q. My most embarassing-in-retrospect heartthrob is Jordan Knight of New Kids on the Block - who’s yours?
I was a BIG Kirk Cameron fan back in the day. (hahhaaaaaaa!!!)
Thanks for having me on your blog, Nadine! (a total pleasure, Kelly!)
