Friday, September 17, 2010

Sara Gruen Talks 'Ape House', 'Water For Elephants' and Rob




Blushing shyly, and with a smile that appears early and often, Sarah Gruen appears to be enjoying the celebrity that comes along with a best-seller, that is being converted into a major motion picture starring Hollywood heavyweights Robert Pattinson and Reece Witherspoon.




As Gruen waits patiently in the hallway, prior to being interviewed on television, people passing by look, and ask themselves who is this lady who has a steady stream of fans holding-out well-worn copies of Gruen's book 'Water For Elephants', for an autograph.



Gruen speaks in measured sentences, with an economy on text, yet the smile never quite leaves the corner of her mouth. As she speaks, you begin to understand where Gruen's colorful characters come from, though, the author professes that not even she is quite sure about the thought process that produces those fictional lives.

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