Can you elaborate the question a little more?
Answer: Crew.
Explanation: For eg. <em>The crew repelled the pirate attack and escaped unhurt.</em>
A question that you could ask the author or a character is:
Author: How did you feel when you were writing this story? How did you get the idea of the plot and characters?
Character: When you were in the story, how did you feel about what you went through?
These are just my ideas :)