Featured Interview With C. M. OKONKWO
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. I left for France after high school, and lived in both Besançon and Lyon for my university and graduate studies. Right now, I live one ticket away from everywhere 😉
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started writing at about the age of nine/ten. My mother always bought me a lot of toys, and I would spend time creating stories and families for them. And in order not to forget each character and their story, I started writing them down in a book. So it somehow became a toy “reality” storybook for me, because I wrote down their daily activities and dialogues. You know the rest…
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I recently started reading fiction books, so it might be too soon to pick any favorites. But for now it’s looking like Ron Knight. His books are starting to keep me up at night. I might soon become a serial reader.
I like to read thrillers, and any book with suspense, mystery and some action in it.
I inspire myself to write, because it’s the only way I’ll be able to get all the 101 ideas in my head out.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is titled “Thirteen Suspects.” It’s an erotic-thriller, so PG18 please 🙂
I wanted to challenge myself to write a different genre that I normally wouldn’t write. And it ended up being a mix of murder/mystery/suspense/erotica and romance. It took me about a month to write the book, but it took me even more time to do the first, second, third… edit.
Here’s the book’s description:
A young Nigerian student was found dead in his London city studio. Detectives Christina King and Richard Gailor interrogated everyone that had contact with him on the night he was killed. All of them were cleared, except thirteen particular suspects, each with intriguing stories and secret motives.
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