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TIME: Do you maintain contact with that woman or anyone else you met from the camps? Ellis: No, I wasn't able to maintain contact with most of the women. They spoke to me only on the condition of anonymity. I know the mother was very worried about what was...
TIME: The story that you wrote is fairly graphic and realistically portrays the life of women in Afghanistan. How is it possible to get that suffering, that life across in a children's novel without disturbing the children that you're writing for? Ellis: I'm not terribly worried about...
TIME: How would you tell parents how to explain to their children what life is like in Afghanistan? Ellis: I don't think that parents would be doing any favors to them by not talking about it. I think they should explain to them that when we allow our governments...
TIME: Has what's happened over the past two months in Afghanistan changed your conception of the book? Is there anything you wish you could have done differently? Ellis: No, I think the book is a strongly anti-war book, which is why I wrote it and I think the...
TIME: The Breadwinner is poised to be very successful. How are you reacting to that? Ellis: I'm surprised to be published at all, frankly. I'm really glad that it's going to be successful because the money that the book raises is going back into education programs for...