Featured Interview With Arti Manani
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in West London, England and I’m a huge fan of dark suspense thrillers. I work full time in marketing, and follow my passion and urge for writing during my time off, in the evenings and on weekends. I also love to travel, read, and especially binge-watch films whenever I run out of brain power.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve always loved reading. I’d re-read the same stories as a child, the Ladybird books and ones with morals. Books that taught us a lesson, like The Boy Who Cried Wolf, really stuck with me and I’d want to read more. I moved on to bingeing on the Goosebumps and Famous Five books, and, as I grew older, true life novels like A Child Called It. At each stage, I’d pretend I was an author and end up writing a couple of pages my own novel. I printed my first book when I was 13, using Word and designed my cover with WordArt. I print the pages using my home printer, glued the pages together and used tags to create a ‘book’. I still have it and it makes me cringe and smile at the same time. I’ve explored a range of genres over the years, but it’s the thriller and suspense genre that really grabbed me.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
There are so many great authors out there; John Marrs, Alice Feeney, Alex Michaelides, Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen… I can go on. Domestic thrillers, crime thrillers, suspense thrillers, give me a thriller with those twists and turns and an unreliable narrator and all those tropes that leave you on the edge of your seat – I love them! There’s no one author that inspires me specifically, they’re all pretty much inspiring.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is the suspense thriller, If They Knew, which is about a woman called Ella-Rose who lives on her own in a small maisonette. Ella works from home and she’s adamant that someone’s watching her. Her desperate search for answers leads her down a twisted path of suspicion and deceit that forces her to accuse everyone she knows. If They Knew comes with twists, turns, a lot of suspense, an unreliable narrator, a stalker/being watched trope, and a lot of secrets and lies.
If They Knew is available in paperback or Kindle on Amazon, free to download for Kindle Unlimited customers, and will soon be available to listen to via Audible.
Connect with the Author on their Websites and Social media profiles
Arti Manani Twitter Account