The Contest Finalists and Winner: What They Wrote (Favorite Character)

Previously, I had a contest to give away the last Advanced Uncorrected Proof of the forthcoming Traitors' Gate (only 17 more days!). Those who were interested were to write an email describing their favorite character in the Crossroads books and why. I loved all the entries, and found it impossible to choose a winner. In the end I asked my children (two of the three agreed to do it) to read through all the entries and pick 3 or 4 as finalists. Oddly enough -- or perhaps not odd at all -- they picked the same ones. Exactly.

From the four finalists, Child 3 drew a name out of a hat for the winner.

Here are the four finalists, behind a cut tag because their answers definitely contain spoilers for both Spirit Gate and Shadow Gate. Then my brief responses to the comments follow in brackets [].

( spoilers and descriptions behind the cut )

I want to thank everyone who participated and to say again how much I appreciated every entry.

I really look forward to seeing what readers make of Traitors' Gate,.