Author Stefan Koski Interviewed and Featured at TheBookInsidercom

June 2, 2005 -- Author Stefan Koski was recently interviewed by TheBookInsider.com about his first book, "Miscellaneous Philosophy: The Underclassman Years."

Stefan Koski grew up in the small town of Terryville, Connecticut. He spent most of his time during his underclassman years attempting to adapt to the high school lifestyle (without much success). His dark witticism and sarcastic personality were constant companions during the unhealthy period of adjustment, and his longtime efforts to justify his own aberrations and insecurities can be seen throughout his first book, Miscellaneous Philosophy: The Underclassman Years, which was written and published when he was sixteen.

Thebookinsider: Congratulations on your first book, "Miscellaneous Philosophy," which you wrote and published at the age of only 16! Please tell us a little about "Miscellaneous Philosophy."

Stefan Koski: Thanks. It's a book that I wrote about what it was like during my underclassman years at my high school in the unbearably small town of Terryville, CT. Basically I took all the funny and unusual things that happened over the course of two years and told them in a story that spans one day of high school, from beginning to end.

Thebookinsider: Have reading and writing always been a part of your life What did you like to read when you were a young boy Were you a reader of the Humor genre

Stefan Koski: This may come as a bit of a surprise seeing as how I'm an author, but I'm really not that much of a reader. So while I'd like to list off a pile of impressive books that have inspired me in some significant way, I can't. I have read George Carlin's "Napalm and Silly Putty," and I've borrowed some ideas from that. Actually, the way I end each chapter with a collection of random thoughts - that's a complete rip from his book. But other than thathmm, not much. Of course, after having written a book I'm starting to read a lot more than I used to, simply out of curiosity of what other writers have done with their work. I've read Will Leitch's "Life As a Loser" (my personal favorite), Ned Vizzini's "Be More Chill" and "Teen Agnst Naaah...", Zoe Trope's "Please Don't Kill the Freshmen," and I'm starting to read the English version of Marguerite Yourcenar's "Memoirs of Hadrian" (completely random book that has absolutely nothing in common with the previous titles).

Thebookinsider: Who and/or what have been your biggest influences with regard to your writing and why

Stefan Koski: The people I go to school with influence me a lot. They're all such an eccentric and unique group. They're not your average teenage adolescents by a long shot. They're why so much of the book is people-oriented in the way I describe the school and the classes. Just the way they act and the things they say on a day-to-day basis have such a profound influence on my writing and who I am. I can't imagine experiencing high school without them.

The full interview may be read at http://thebookinsider.com/Interviews/SKoski.htm

Visit Stefan at http://www.stefankoski.com

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