Featured Interview With dhtreichler
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
My grandparents bought a stone quarry that filled with water making a private lake in upstate New York. They turned it into a fruit farm and honey producer. I spent my summers on the farm helping out and learning life lessons from my grandfather and uncle. I now live near Dallas, Texas with my wife, son, four cats and one stuffed bear. The significance of the bear can be found in my novel The First Bearmas.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I was an early reader, so I’ve had a book in my hand as my earliest of memories. I was the editor of my elementary school newspaper and started writing short stories about my classmates in middle school. The guys who got the girl were always thrilled. The girls generally not so much. But interestingly the girls always read my stories to find out who was interested in them, at least as I saw it.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite authors are generally people you’ve never heard of. They are more adventuresome in what they write because they aren’t trying to fit into a formula. They have a story to tell and characters peeking out of their brains looking for their place on the printed page. I generally write what I call Future Fiction because I’m fascinated by how much technology is transforming our lives and interactions with others almost every day. So I read a lot of science fiction and the classics, seeking a way to bring the future into today in a believable and recognizable experience. Who inspires me? Everyone from Robert Heinlein and Arthur C Clarke to Ernest Hemingway and William Shakespeare.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
Rik’s was inspired by the movie Casablanca and the novel Dr. Zhivago. I was fascinated by the question of how far would you go for your one true love even when in the end you know you won’t be together. Rik’s is set against events in the Middle East leading up to the first Gulf war and then the start of the War on Terrorism. Rik Bogart is in love with Ingrid Johannsen right up until she doesn’t leave Baghdad with him as the invasion of Kuwait is about to begin. While Rik denies his continuing love for Ingrid, he is brought face-to-face with it ten years later when she walks into his New York club with an impossible request. Rik’s was first written as a screenplay and then into a novel five years later. It has been a labor of love both literally and literally.
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