Featured Interview With Author Suzanne Stephenson

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in the London area and brought up in London and South Eastern England. Interest in the law must be in my blood since my mother's first cousin now deceased was Sir Stephen Tumim HM Inspector of Prisons. I started studying the law at the aged of 18 in London.
Eventually becoming a District Judge and married to a lawyer our lives were very much in Southern England near London. However we craved a change of scene. We already had cats in the house and hens in the garden.
That change came in 2010 when we made a big lifestyle choice and moved to an old farmhouse in North Lincolnshire England. My husband runs a holiday cottage and takes a few summer campers on the land. I retired from the law in early 2021.
We have 7 cats at the farm and 1 dog . We keep chickens and a handful of pigs. Our friends keep horses on our land and there are some geese.
Our animals are important to us. The cats have all been rescued in some way. The dog also came from a rescue centre.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I was an avid reader as soon as I could read and read books such as Anne of Green Gables and Treasure Island from 7/8 years old. When I was 12 I tried writing a book and the publisher who turned me down politely suggested I tried writing about something I knew since I had attempted a spy adventure!
I did not try writing a full length fiction book again until after I retired in 2021 although I did contribute to a legal text book at one point.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
For many years I enjoyed the historical adventures of Patrick O'Brien and Bernard Cornwall. These days I enjoy historical fiction crossed with detective mystery as can be found in Bernard Knight's Crowner John books and Stephen Done's Inspector Vignoles books.
However none of these inspire my writings; I think the influences on my writings go back to John Mortimer, Beatrix Potter, and the illustrated books of the 19th and early 20th C I collect in junk shops!

Tell us a little about your latest book?
" A Cat's Judgement" is the second time I have written about the mysterious black cat Mr Perkins who previously appeared in " Mr Perkins takes Charge". However it can be read as a free standing book. It is a book for anyone who likes cats or is curious about the English legal world. I hope readers will get the humour in it…cats can be very crafty, accidentally or on purpose. Whenever Mr Perkins is around things can change!

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Featured Interview With Author David Caiati

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in New York, just north of the city, and I moved to Massachusetts at the age of 2. I've lived most of my life in MA (north of Boston), but have spent a few years in other parts of the country: Brooklyn, Manhattan, Atlanta, Los Angeles. Now, I live in an old house in a small city on the coast of MA with my wife and 5 cats. My city shows up in my books.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
My grandmother was the book mender of her local library. Books were my toys (along with legos and matchbox cars). I would spend hours just poring over the books that she couldn't put back on the shelves that found a second life in her home. I have always loved books – not just the stories, but the product – the feel, the scent, the ancient bindings. As soon as I learned how to write, I wrote stories. I didn't publish until after I took an MFA a few years ago. I spent a lot of years writing software. I spent a lot of years wanting to write fiction. I wrote plays in college – one was performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Some of my favorites are Kurt Vonnegut, Dom DeLillo, Toni Morrison, Margaret Atwood, Max Barry, Isaac Asimov. I will start any book – I live close to my local library, and I'm there several times a week. I might not finish or speed read every book I take home, but I usually find something interesting to at least start. My favorite genre is science fiction, but I also enjoy magic realism and anything light and contemporary. Vonnegut is my biggest inspiration – short chapters, plot driven, humorous. I belong to several writing groups in my area and I get lots of inspiration from them.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is called "Accelerate the Metaverse." It's the story of a software developer who is tasked with creating a metaverse, similar to Second Life. He takes the opportunity to create a digital paradise, complete with advanced artificial intelligence characters. Unfortunately, things go wrong and it seems one of his inventions might actually be a serial killer. It took me almost a year to get this one out, longer than I would have liked, but you know how life is. This book followed my trilogy, "Proteus Unbound," about AIs and humans in Earth's near future.

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Featured Interview With Author David Angelo

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Maryland, the only child of two loving parents who worked in carpentry and food service respectively. I currently live in Montgomery County, working as a middle school English teacher in a neighboring district. My fiance and I are getting married in a few weeks, and together we have a mischievous orange tabby cat and a very laid-back Shih Tzu.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
As an only child, I had a lot of time to think uninterrupted, and as such I found pleasure in creating my own stories. I didn't begin writing until I was a teenager though, and I would say that I wrote my first true novel when I was 19. Since then, I've written and published three novels, and I currently have a fourth, "Scales of Rage", which is scheduled for release this fall.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love Stephen King, who I consider my greatest influence. I also enjoy the works of Tui T. Southerland and Ian Flemming. I usually read whatever interests me, and I've started to branch out more into other genres and authors.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
The Skies Over Lisandra is a fantasy romance novel about a princess, Anastasia, who is murdered on her wedding day and is reincarnated as a dragon. Throughout the novel, as she attempts to help her brother in his quest to re-take the family throne, Anastasia finds herself torn between her duty and her relationship with her secret girlfriend, Sasha. The novel is full of intrigue and adventure, and while short, it offers a sample of what I am capable of as a novelist.

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Featured Interview With Author Joe Kinnison

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Started in St. Louis and returned there to raise my family. I am fascinated with fish. I am an avid angler, and I could stare at an aquarium all day.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started writing about thirty years ago when I started in the financial industry. I realized quickly that few understood how investments are actually priced and traded. I think narrative is the best way to reach people considering complex subjects, so I have written what I call "financial fictions," fictional stories with real finance info.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Joseph Finder probably inspired me most, and I like Stephen Frey as well. Both write fictional stories, often involving businesses. Most of these are thrillers, which is my favorite genre. In non-fiction, I like Ben Mezrich.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Stimmy-An Alternative History Novel was inspired by The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth. It imagines America five years ago. Two families react to political and social events of a pandemic without a stimulus (Stimmy). The situation forces desperate choices and pits generations against each other. The author's attempt is to be non-political, and instead look at the economic consequences, crash and recovery. During that crash and recovery, it explores succession, outside interference, and the nature of legacy.

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Featured Interview With Author Peggi Davis

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Hello! I am Peggi Davis, 77 years young, a widow, and living my best life this very minute. I was raised in New York City by an eccentric British father and sometime-model mother, in an untethered, unusual home filled with fashion, formality, and a few friendly ghosts. After graduating from Texas A&M University, I entered the wacky world of retail advertising as a fashion art director and creative director. This painfully shy and quiet young girl was introduced to a world she never knew existed. There, I developed a cadre of creative colleagues with whom I shared decades of outrageous experiences and escapades.My career took me to Texas, San Francisco, Washington DC and back to New York. I now live in Birmingham, Alabama and love it. It is hilly, green, easy, and a foodie's paradise. There is something to be said about Southern comfort!

After retirement in 2014, I opened The Schoolhouse Art Studio and began teaching collage, jewelry making, and painting. However, the pandemic forced its closing, and I turned my focus from art to writing during my masked hibernation at home.

For years, my colleagues said I should write a book about my childhood and adult experiences. During the pandemic, I began posting stories about my family on Facebook. Before long I began receiving messages from people all over the country asking for more. I later enrolled in a writing class and was encouraged to create a blog. My first book “Funny Face: a Memoir” consists of hilarious and horrifying stories from that blog. It was one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life as those stories flowed from my fingertips and seemed to literally write themselves.

I had found my voice. “Funny Face” was recognized as Reader’s Favorite International Bronze Award winner and the Non-Fiction Book Award Silver winner.

The chapter that resonated most with the readers was an essay on aging, something we face with little information and no guidance. No one prepares you for feeling one way on the inside and looking another way on the outside. I began wondering What if we could change that narrative?
How would the ability to look and feel young again present itself and how? I challenged myself to write about the possibilities, and six months later “Rewind Ranch” was born.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
The first book that really got my attention was "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis. I was in the fourth grade and will never forget running home after school and sitting in the back of my bedroom armoire pushing against the back wall. I prayed I would break through to Narnia. It only resulted in a constantly bruised arm.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I am a voracious reader. It is impossible to state my favorite authors as I have so very many. I will say I am inspired by Anne Lamott, Augusten Burroughs, Jeanette Walls, and Joan Didion. What they have in common is their transparency, honesty, and courage.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
“Rewind Ranch,” emerged as an award-winning thriller about four sassy seniors who miss the allure of their youth and embark on a vacation of a lifetime to the Hana Hawaiian paradise Rewind Ranch. The resort promises unlimited cosmetic enhancements, romantic evenings with available suitors, and luxury they could never imagine. Their journey becomes one of hair-raising secrets and situations as they realize something sinister lurks. On their roller-coaster ride of life-threatening suspense and unwavering camaraderie, they ultimately learn that beauty is more than skin-deep and that friendship is the ultimate savior. A recent review stated “Adventure unfolds in this book and takes you on an amazing ride you won't forget! Love, love, love the characters, the slow reveal of their island paradise, and a few surprises along the way! As fabulous as the cover design is… it does not come close to what's in store for you inside! And, oh the ending … you’ll never see it coming!”

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