Author-ization asked Rahul Kanakia:

Why did you choose to write about a girl instead of a guy character? I know every author incision and "see" their characters however they just feel to them, so how did Reshma come to you?

Rahul Kanakia I've thought about this myself. Part of the answer is that this is just how she came to me. But I think there's a reason I felt like this story would work better with a female protagonist. A major part of the book deals with perfectionism. And that entails not just the pressure to achieve, but also the pressure to make it look easy. Reshma's rivals aren't the jocks or the cheerleaders. Her rivals are the perfects: kids who get good grades and play sports and lead clubs and run fundraisers and look attractive and go to parties and have lots of friends. They're kids who seem to have it all.

And I think that pressure is something that women and girls face to a much greater extent than men, so for me a female character felt like a better fit.

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