In my new book, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, the heroine infiltrates an all-male secret society and stages ornate and controversial pranks on the campus of her boarding school. So I'm now asking my blog visitors to tell me their own disreputable histories!

First up is Karen Neches, and her new book is Earthly Pleasures. It's a love story about a woman who lives in a distinctly modern version of heaven as a greeter -- and falls for a guy who turns out to be only temporarily dead. When he revives, will she follow him to earth? Especially when he's got a wife?

"What a treat! Earthly Pleasures more than lives up to its name. I was glued to the pages of this delightful little gem of a novel, and wish it could have been twice as long!"
-- Megan Crane, author of Frenemies

1. Tell me the sneakiest thing you ever did.

I read my son’s journal. (God strike me down now.) P.S. There was nothing very juicy in it.

2. Tell me the sneakiest thing that happens in your new book.

My character, a greeter in Heaven, watches a mortal on Earth, take a shower via the TV station Earthly Pleasures.

3. Are you a prankster? Tell me a story.

When I was a kid I used to torment the dog with a mechanized toy Godzilla.

4. Were you in any clubs or societies in high school? Did any of those club activities make it into your novels?

I was nominated for Whose Who in American High School Students. My character Skye is nominated for Whose Who in the Hereafter.

5. Do you consider yourself a feminist? Why, or why not?

Yes. I’m really excited that we finally have a female who may actually win the presidency.

6. How does your answer to question 5 show up in your new book?

In EARTHLY PLEASURES God is female and acts a lot like Bette Midler.

7. The club in my book is called The Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds. If you were to found a secret society, what would it be called, and what would its mission be?

Middle-Aged Woman Aging Gracefully. Our mission would be to look our age and be damn happy about it.