Much of the research did not make it into the novel though it was stuff she needed to know. For her debut novel “Reboot,” she did a lot of research on the world-building but not much for anything else. This is despite the fact that they could not necessarily be classified as good though they are not totally bad. Amy does not believe in the good versus evil tropes but rather in murkier stories with flawed characters that one still cannot help but root for. The characters are often kind of scary, complex and even a little bit of a sociopath. For instance, with Wren of “Reboot,” she sought to make a character that people would not think was necessarily a good guy. Tintera believes that her novels stand out from other adult fantasy fiction because she makes standout characters. She currently lives in Los Angeles and when she is not writing she likes to go to the movies and read young adult fiction She also walks her dog goes to the gym or does yoga if she has the time.

As for authors, she counts the likes of Gayle Forman, Marie Lu and Veronica Rossi that she believes have been putting out a lot of good young adult works. Amy was also a fan of shows such as “The Walking Dead,” “Battlestar Galactica,” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and these have all influenced her writing. As a child, she was significantly influenced by her mother who was a huge fan of books that took her and her sister to the library whenever she had the time. But Amy had always loved writing novels and had started when she was a middle schooler and hence making a comeback was not so hard. It seemed that she had confused her love for movies with a love for screenwriting. She then moved away to Los Angeles where she got a job in Hollywood though she soon realized that she did not like writing scripts as much as she enjoyed writing fiction novels. Amy Tintera is a young adult fantasy fiction author from Los Angeles that is best known for her debut bestselling title “Reboot.” Tintera grew up in Austin Texas and went to Emerson College where she got her masters in film, with a major in screenwriting.

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