Tag: kidnap

One of my favorite genres of fiction is stalker fiction. Don’t ask me why, cause I don’t know. I just can’t get enough of it. Anything where there’s a stalker and they’re obsessed with someone, I’m hooked. It might have to do with my obsession with The Phantom of the Opera, but who knows.

One of my first forays into stalker fiction was the book Stolen by Lucy Christopher. The story is about a young girl named Gemma who is kidnapped when she was at the airport with her family. The kidnapper, Ty, takes her to the Australian outback, where they live off the land. Slowly Gemma becomes to care for her captor and the land that she grew to love.

A few years ago, I had the honor of meeting Christopher at the AWP conference in Boston. I didn’t realize it was her when I gushed “OMG I love that book! It’s one of my favorites!” She replied, “Thanks, I wrote it.” My heart nearly stopped and my jaw literally dropped. She was so nice and took a picture with me:

I attended every one of her lectures during the rest of the conference. They were very informative, especially the one about setting. She showed pictures of the Australian outback and some of the places that inspired Stolen. At the end of the conference, which was also my birthday, she gave me her copy of the book and signed it. As you can imagine, I was excited.

However, not as excited as I was when I saw this pop up on my Facebook news feed:

Yes, my friends, it is true. We’re getting a Stolen 2. I freaked out and reblogged it as fast as I could. The original book shaped how and who I am as a writer. It inspired me to not be ashamed of writing stalker fiction. If so many people loved her book of creepy kidnapper/stalker, maybe one day they’ll love mine too.

Now, I know everyone is also excited about the movie, and of course, I am as well. However, there’s been talk about a movie for ages with nothing coming of it. However, this post seems to indicate that we’re definitely getting a Stolen 2. If we’re getting a movie, I’ll freak out and post about that. However, I’m more excited to see a continuation of Ty and Gemma’s story.

I want to know what happened after goodbye.