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Jasmine Aimaq

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Jasmine Aimaq is the author of The Opium Prince, an Amazon Editors' pick for December 2020. The Opium Prince is on the Washington Post's list of "10 Books to Read" in December and on Popsugar's list of "21 New Books Everyone Will be Talking About." With Starred Reviews from Booklist and Publishers Weekly, The Opium Prince has also garnered critical acclaim on BookTrib and LitHub.

Jasmine was born in Germany to a Swedish mother and Afghan father. At age 4, she moved to Afghanistan with her parents and sister. They left the country in 1976, two years before the Communist Revolution. After some time in London and Hamburg, the family settled in Los Angeles. Jasmine divides her time between British Columbia and California. The Opium Prince is her ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Jasmine Aimaq I don't. if I'm blocked, I'm blocked. I am no good at pushing through that. Fortunately, what I think is a block is often just laziness. Let's call it…moreI don't. if I'm blocked, I'm blocked. I am no good at pushing through that. Fortunately, what I think is a block is often just laziness. Let's call it inertia, because that sounds nicer. If I start writing, or just doing research on a topic, the momentum often comes. It's like exercise: once you get going, you realize that getting into your gym clothes was the hard part. (less)

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Can you tell us a two-sentence horror story?

Jasmine Aimaq Because the people were afraid to be sheep, they could not tell the difference between following and participating, or between liberty and selfishness…moreBecause the people were afraid to be sheep, they could not tell the difference between following and participating, or between liberty and selfishness, and so they refused to make small changes in their lives that might have saved others from suffering and pain.

And the irony was that they failed to see that they themselves had become blind followers, rallying around demagogues and cynics whose lies they embraced, until one day their world was an inferno of fires, plagues, and wars from which there was no refuge, and as life as they knew it ended, until their last tortured breath they swore it was the other man’s fault. (less)

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