Featured Interview With Christopher Shoust
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was trained and worked as a journalist for 15 years, for many newspapers across Canada. My first novel was published in 2013. It was called The Beggar. My latest novel is called In The Western Night. I was raised in Northern Ontario and moved around Canada for many years. But I am back where I grew up these days. It is a little quieter and I can manage to get more work done.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started writing at 14 when I heard Allen Ginsberg on the National Public Radio read the poem America. Although I had written some short stories as young as 7 or 8, when I heard that poem, I knew that I wanted to write seriously.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I mostly read classics but I am trying to read other others that catch my interest, especially colleagues that I want to support. And story that is written well, is one for me, but I do tend to lean towards grittier stories.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
In The Western Night is a story of a character that survives from a myriad of drama and bad circumstances, that he was too innocent to avoid. He comes out the other end changed but still hopeful that their is light in the darkest situations.
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