tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34907067498769894932024-03-18T15:51:28.226-05:00author interviewsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5291125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-80166498817238234252024-03-17T15:05:00.001-05:002024-03-17T15:05:00.128-05:00Sydney LeighSydney Leigh has had a myriad of jobs, from running a small business to teaching English across the globe. She has travelled the world solo, where her daring spirit has led her to jump out of airplanes, dive with sharks, and learn she would never master a surfboard. Leigh served on the Board of Directors for Crime Writers of Canada from 2019-2021. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-76081402120153156742024-03-15T00:05:00.001-05:002024-03-15T00:05:00.150-05:00Clare McHughClare McHugh is the author of two historical novels, A Most English Princess and The Romanov Brides. After graduating from Harvard College with a degree in European history, she worked for many years as a newspaper reporter and later magazine editor. The mother of two grown children, McHugh currently lives with her husband in London and in Amagansett, New York.
My Q&A with the author:
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-6860412972114544982024-03-13T00:05:00.002-05:002024-03-13T05:46:02.855-05:00Rachel LyonRachel Lyon is author of the novels Self-Portrait with Boy—a finalist for the Center for Fiction's 2018 First Novel Prize—and Fruit of the Dead. Lyon's short work has appeared in One Story, The Rumpus, Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading, and elsewhere. She has taught creative writing at various institutions, most recently Bennington College, and lives with her husband and two young Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-9599021399487796522024-03-10T11:05:00.001-05:002024-03-10T11:05:00.134-05:00Melanie MaureMelanie Maure holds a Master’s in Counselling Psychology and lives in central British Columbia. She is second generation Irish and spends a great deal of time in Ireland, which is an enduring source of inspiration for her work.
Sisters of Belfast is Maure's debut novel.
My Q&A with the author:
How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?
The title Sisters of Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-56545354847170218952024-03-08T04:05:00.001-06:002024-03-08T04:05:00.140-06:00S. E. PorterS. E. Porter is a writer and artist. As Sarah Porter, she has published several books for young readers, including Vassa in the Night. Projections is her adult debut. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.
My Q&A with the author:
How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?
The title Projections takes readers into the heart of the story, but through the Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-34912516532629798832024-03-06T00:05:00.003-06:002024-03-06T00:05:00.154-06:00Angela CrookAngela Crook is a novelist and mother, from Cleveland, Ohio, who loves writing dark thrillers that often involve the exploration of the inner workings of family relationships.
Her new novel is Hurt Mountain.
My Q&A with the author:
How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?
Originally the title for my book was called Hurt Farm, but, much to my surprise, I Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-11926975723246677272024-03-04T08:05:00.001-06:002024-03-04T08:05:00.136-06:00Gwendolyn KisteGwendolyn Kiste is the three-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rust Maidens, Reluctant Immortals, And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe, Pretty Marys All in a Row, The Invention of Ghosts, and Boneset & Feathers. She's a Lambda Literary Award winner, and her fiction has also received the This Is Horror award for Novel of the Year as well as nominations for the Premios Kelvin andUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-20368507346197274482024-03-02T00:05:00.003-06:002024-03-02T06:15:17.398-06:00Claire CoughlanClaire Coughlan has worked as a journalist for many years, most recently for publications such as BookBrunch and the Sunday Independent. She was a recipient of the Words Ireland National Mentoring program, funded by Kildare Arts Service and the Arts Council. Coughlan has an MFA in creative writing from University College Dublin, and she lives in County Kildare with her husband and daughter.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-86455939443885723882024-02-28T15:05:00.001-06:002024-02-28T15:05:00.131-06:00Valerie MartinValerie Martin is the author of twelve novels, including Trespass, Mary Reilly, Italian Fever, and Property, four collections of short fiction, and a biography of St. Francis of Assisi. She has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. Her novel Mary Reilly was awarded the Kafka prize, shortlisted for the Prix Femina (France), and made Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-64008097774497951692024-02-26T01:05:00.001-06:002024-02-26T01:05:00.142-06:00Robin OliveiraRobin Oliveira grew up just outside Albany, New York in the town of Loudonville. She holds a B.A. in Russian from the University of Montana, and studied at the Pushkin Language Institute in Moscow, Russia. She worked for many years as a Registered Nurse, specializing in Critical Care and Bone Marrow Transplant. In 2006 she received an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She livesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-37132358731033311712024-02-24T00:05:00.001-06:002024-02-24T00:05:00.238-06:00Steve WeddleSteve Weddle is the author of The County Line, an Amazon First Reads selection. His previous book, Country Hardball, which The New York Times called “downright dazzling,” is a collection of connected short stories. A former newspaper editor, he is the cofounder of the crime fiction collective Do Some Damage, the cocreator of the noir magazine Needle, and has taught short story writing at Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-35381576261490686682024-02-22T00:05:00.001-06:002024-02-22T00:05:00.247-06:00Suzanne BerneSuzanne Berne is the author of the novels The Dogs of Littlefield, The Ghost at the Table, A Perfect Arrangement, and A Crime in the Neighborhood, winner of Great Britain’s Orange Prize.
Her latest novel is The Blue Window.
My Q&A with the author:
How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?
There isn’t much explicit information in the title The Blue Window, but I Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-66476353802898587652024-02-20T00:05:00.001-06:002024-02-20T00:05:00.137-06:00Katherine HarbourKatherine Harbour was born in Albany, NY, where she attended the Russell Sage Junior College of Albany and wrote while holding down jobs as a pizza maker, video store clerk, and housekeeper. She then attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and, after moving to Sarasota, Florida, sold her paintings in cafes and galleries. She now lives in upstate New York, where she works as a Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-19826331795908035402024-02-18T00:05:00.001-06:002024-02-18T00:05:00.136-06:00Sara OchsSara Ochs is an author, law professor, and avid traveler. Born and raised in upstate New York, Ochs and her husband now split their time between the United States and Sweden.
When she’s not turning one of the many places she’s visited into the setting of her next thriller, she can usually be found trip planning.
Ochs's debut thriller is The Resort.
My Q&A with the author:
How much work Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-63308289829817023122024-02-14T00:05:00.001-06:002024-02-14T00:05:00.142-06:00Eric SchlichEric Schlich is the author of the story collection Quantum Convention, winner of the 2018 Katherine Anne Porter Prize and the 2020 GLCA New Writers Award.
Eli Harpo's Adventure to the Afterlife is Schlich's debut novel.My Q&A with the author:
How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?
The title Eli Harpo’s Adventure to the Afterlife sets the satirical tone of theUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-8658590155414602112024-02-11T08:05:00.001-06:002024-02-11T08:05:00.132-06:00Cara TanamachiCara Tanamachi lives near Chicago with her husband and five children (two by biology and three by marriage), and their 85-pound Goldendoodle, Theodore. Raised near Dallas, Texas by her Japanese-American dad and her English-Scottish American mom, she was the oldest of two children (the debate still rages whether she or her brother are currently the family favorite).
The University of Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-91987967397709567352024-02-09T12:05:00.001-06:002024-02-09T12:05:00.137-06:00Sagit SchwartzSagit Schwartz is a writer, producer, and licensed psychotherapist. She resides with her husband, daughter, and rescue dog in a Southern California beach town.
Schwartz's new novel is Since She’s Been Gone.
My Q&A with the author:
How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?
My publisher came up with my title, and it’s so much better than my original one! My book is about Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-635289926529698722024-02-07T12:05:00.002-06:002024-02-07T14:46:53.148-06:00Chris CanderChris Cander is the USA Today bestselling author of A Gracious Neighbor, The Weight of a Piano, which was named an Indie Next Great Read in both hardcover and paperback and which the New York Times called, “immense, intense and imaginative,” Whisper Hollow, also named an Indie Next Great Read, and 11 Stories, named by Kirkus as one of the best books of 2013 and winner of the Independent PublisherUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-70880729589905912882024-02-05T00:05:00.001-06:002024-02-05T00:05:00.128-06:00Alex RitanyAlex Ritany is a lifelong reader and writer. When they’re not at the keyboard, you can find them hosting tabletop game night, working on illustrations, or at their other keyboard composing music. Ritany’s love of art, music, and the western Canadian landscape regularly spills into their writing, which tends to feature complex friendships, twisty romances, and explorations of queerness.
They liveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-62714429423570296802024-02-02T00:05:00.002-06:002024-02-02T06:10:37.930-06:00Jill FordyceJill Fordyce was born and raised in Bakersfield, California. She received a degree in English from the University of Southern California and a law degree from Santa Clara University. While practicing law, she continued to study writing through the Stanford Continuing Education creative writing program.
Fordyce's debut novel is Belonging.
My Q&A with the author:
How much work does Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-6642312590762039612024-01-29T12:05:00.001-06:002024-01-29T12:05:00.134-06:00Sarahlyn BruckSarahlyn Bruck writes contemporary, book club fiction and is the award-winning author of three novels: Light of the Fire (2024), Daytime Drama (2021), and Designer You (2018). When she’s not writing, Bruck moonlights as a full-time writing and literature professor at a local community college. She’s also a co-host of the pop culture podcast, Pretty Much Pop. From Northern California, Bruck now Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-46684491765176205632024-01-25T10:05:00.001-06:002024-01-25T10:05:00.124-06:00Alexander SammartinoAlexander Sammartino lives in Brooklyn. He received his MFA from Syracuse University.
His new novel is Last Acts.
My Q&A with the author:
How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?
A good amount, I think. It establishes a mood, a feeling.
What's in a name?
Oh, so much. Theories about naming—like Kripke’s idea that the meaning of a name is identical to its referentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-83925371077352670242024-01-22T13:05:00.004-06:002024-01-22T13:29:09.988-06:00Lea CarpenterLea Carpenter is the author of the novels Eleven Days (2013), Red, White, Blue (2018), and Ilium (2024).
She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton and has an MBA from Harvard Business School, where she was valedictorian. Carpenter has written the screenplay for Mile 22, a film about CIA’s Special Activities Division, directed by Peter Berg and starring Mark Wahlberg and John Malkovich.
My QUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-13882524903225691062024-01-19T12:05:00.001-06:002024-01-19T12:05:00.131-06:00Nashae JonesNashae Jones is a kid lit writer, because at an early age she learned what the magic of books could do for a developing mind. She always dreamed of creating worlds that would stay for a reader long after they put down their books. Jones is also an educator and book reviewer (kid books, of course). She lives in Virginia with her husband, daughter, son, escape artist husky, and two black cats that Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490706749876989493.post-20419484339027606312024-01-15T09:05:00.001-06:002024-01-15T09:05:00.150-06:00Lucy ConnellyLucy Connelly loves traveling the world, but her favorite place is at home with her dogs and family. That said, she's always up for adventure and is constantly on the lookout for killer inspiration--as in who will be the next killer in her books? She has a master's degree in humanities and enjoys learning all the things. And she's been published by many other names.
Connelly's new novel is&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com