This article presents an interview with 38-year-old writer Matthew Tobin Anderson. In the interview, Anderson talks about his experiences, passion for writing, teenage interests, and his relation to the distinguished writer Mark Twain. He also states the importance of liberty and what it takes to be a patriot and a loyalist. Furthermore, Matthew Tobin Anderson expresses his feelings about his novel "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: The Pox Party" being selected as a finalist for the National Book Award.