Featured Interview With A. G. Fleury
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am a Canadian author who was born and raised In Cornwall, Ontario. In 1993, I moved to Ottawa(the nation’s capital) and lived there for 5 years before moving to Kelowna, British Columbia(Western Canada). To this day, I still reside there…surrounded by mountains and a warmer climate. My common-law wife and I own 4 cats; with that many pets, it’s never a dull moment. Two are gluttons, one is finicky as heck, and the fourth one demands a lot of affection.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Although I read only a small handful of books in my teen years, I did not begin my fascination with them until my mid-twenties. It happened like this. A friend of mine introduced me to the right book as he said it at the time. He then lent me his paperback copy of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. He commented: “I’ve heard you talk a lot about your childhood memories of playing in the forest and walking along railroad tracks with your neighbourhood friends. I thought you’d like reading this story.” I did. I plowed through it and enjoyed it immensely. Afterwards, I borrowed The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by the same author. From then one, I began reading more regularly. As far as my writing history as an author goes, I began in September, 2017. That first story is still in its first rough draft stage but it is complete.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Among my favourites are authors such as Stephen King, Dean Koontz, H.G. Wells, and Mitch Albom. Favourite genres include horror, suspense/thriller, science fiction, and spiritual/inspirational(specifically books by Mitch Albom). Stephen King and Dean Koontz inspired me to write suspense stories. Just like reading, as an author who also writes now, the imagination of the mind goes off on a journey… a lot of times without a map just to see where that path leads to.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
The idea for this story began with a “what if…” scenario. What if every country in the world adopted the death penalty for murderers? How would that society function? Kill Per View is my second written story(fiction) and my first published one. It is a sci-fi/thriller/crime drama about the death penalty. The story takes place mostly in Toronto, Canada and set in the near future(years 2039 to 2050). Six murder massacres occur in six different countries within the same year where there is no death penalty. World leaders of those countries form a council in order to enact corporal punishment within their own countries and encourage others to join their cause. Ultimately this leads to the first, universal, worldwide death penalty. Herb Ferguson(protagonist) is a Corrections Manager at the Toronto prison. As the death penalty law mutates and gets amended over time, an American reality tv show, Kill Per View live streams legalized executions. The show becomes an instant hit and other countries begin to adopt it. The law eventually becomes amended to include criminals guilty of other violent crimes as well. Part way through the story, a serial killer appears and targets city executioners. Herb Ferguson eventually becomes Toronto’s executioner and feels safe due to his work designation remaining classified. It doesn’t matter. The serial killer already knows who and what he is. That’s all I can say for now without giving away any spoilers. This story took just a little over 6 months to write the first draft. I’m extremely satisfied with the finished, published novel and would like to thank Book Reader Magazine for this interview. Website is agfleury.com
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