Featured Interview With Barbara A Martin
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania, but spent most of my growing up in eight different U.S. states. My mother’s family is from Utah, more mountains. Now I live in Western North Carolina, back to mountains. You could say I Love Mountains.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
My mother taught me to read before I started school. I’ve loved books ever since. It was when I was eleven years old that I decided someday I’d become a writer. I made several attempts through my life and even had one half of a novel done. It was stolen from me (that’s a book in itself). Two years ago I began to write in earnest.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I’ll start with my favorite genres. Cosy mysteries/murders, some thrillers, non-fiction history, select fictional history. I am most inspired by strong female characters and reasonably flawed male characters. I get very annoyed if the protagonist is so flawed the story becomes more about their problems than the story. Now for my favorite authors, by genre: Lauren Carr, RP Dahlke, Cindy Blackburn, P.D. James, Agatha Christie; Kathy Reichs, David Baldacci, Clive Cussler, David Bishop, John Ferling, Georgette Heyer. This is a portion of the list.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
The three main females are natural sleuths who don’t go looking for trouble, it finds them. The FBI, DEA and NC SBI are hunting down a dangerous drug cartel operating in Western North Carolina. These smugglers have a unique way of disposing of their enemies, they burn the bodies. Meanwhile our women sleuths uncover an underlying conspiracy of spies for the cartel, who have infiltrated several law enforcement agencies. Just to keep things lively, these ladies also deal with amorous attentions from some of the good guys.
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