Featured Interview With A.K. Smith
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
A.K. Smith is the author of debut fiction novel, “A Deep Thing” (12-19-2016 from the Wild Rose Press). A.K has lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, Arizona and abroad in London and Mexico.
Currently, she spends her time between Phoenix and Prescott, Arizona and Puerto Penasco, Mexico. She loves all things jungly, beachy and mysterious. Her mission is to write thrillers, suspense, and romance, that have the power to make you stay up late.
A new scuba diver, she counts diving in a cenote (underwater caves in the Yucatan) and surviving– one of her biggest achievements. Mexico has a special place in her heart; it’s where she escaped after walking out on Corporate America and where she fell in love on a sailboat. She is a graduate of Shippensburg University (BA) and has a Master of Arts from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. A.K. has written for various national and international publications and blogs including Flight Network, Examiner.com and has been a monthly travel columnist for Rocky Point Times Newspaper for the last six years. Published in various print publications including two cover features in Mexico Living Magazine she continues to trek the world to experience off-the-beaten-road destinations.
A.K. loves seeing the world; Her goal is to step foot on every continent on Planet Earth (maybe even the moon)—she’s slowly getting there. She treasures her family, friends, her dog Harvey(wild whoodle) and kindness.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Escaping to my bedroom that I shared with my sister with a good book started in the 4th grade(or at least that’s as far back as I can remember). I loved the library. I loved books tat took me away to a place different than my small town.
I’ve always loved to write, dabbled in it during college, wrote for the school paper but then other priorities pushed writing (other than my journals) to the back burner. Now, I try to write for at least 30 minutes a day…it adds up.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Dean Koontz, Blake Crouch, Jodi Picoult, John Grisham, Greg Isles, Stephen King, David Baldacci and any and all new authors that make me keep turning the pages.
Every great book inspires me…it’s great to me if a story sticks in my mind, transports me somewhere and makes me not want to put the book down. I love, love, love a good story.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
A Deep Thing is a suspense adventure! Think islands, jungles, beaches and the woods of Camp David. Suspense. Conspiracy.
After a tragic diving accident that claimed her husband’s life and left her with a broken heart, a young widow, Kendall Jackson discovers her husband had secrets. Before his death, her husband arranged a diving expedition as a birthday gift for his son. Kendall persuades her estranged step-son to honor his father’s last wish. From the campus of Western Maryland College to the woods of Camp David and the caves of the Yucatán, Kendall and Ryder take a journey to discover what her husband worked so hard to hide, and to protect his treasured secrets from falling into the wrong hands. The choices they make will decide their fate and the future of others. Will they risk everything for the truth?
What was her husband hiding in the jungles of Mexico? Take the trip. Join the journey.
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