Sarah Bird/Personal Collection Austinist took a moment to send out a quick interviewlet-ish thing (call it a questionnaire) to help us get to know some of the writers who will be participating in this weekend’s Texas Book Festival. One of those writers is Sarah Bird whose most recent book How Perfect Is That? is one of our picks for the festival. Here’s Bird’s perfect take on a few things: Austinist: If the offer were out......

What do you do when you finally get your life back and it’s broken? If you’re the heroine of Sarah Bird’s How Perfect is That, the self-monikered Blythe (née Chanterelle) Young, you toss back a cup of Red Bull, vodka, and Dexedrine and start hustling....

I love Sarah Bird. I LOVE HER, PEOPLE, do you hear me? In case you aren’t familiar with Sarah, let me tell you a few things. Sarah is this incredible novelist whom Austin is fortunate enough to call our own. In 2006, she and I tied for Best Author in Austin in the Chronicle’s Best of Austin Poll. When this happened, I told Sarah that I felt like a dandelion that had been placed in a vase alongside a gorgeous long stemmed rose. I could not believe that I might share such an honor with a writer of Sarah’s caliber....