Featured Interview With Francesca Pelaccia
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Francesca Pelaccia is a new Canadian author, born and raised in Toronto. She studied English Literature at the University of Toronto and began her career in corporate editing and publishing before moving to teaching English as a Second Language to adult immigrants. The Witch’s Salvation is Francesca’s first published novel, but she is not new to writing. She has written several other manuscripts of different genres. Francesca likes to work on several projects at the same time. Currently she is writing the second book of the Witches’ Trilogy entitled The Witch’s Monastery.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have been writing forever. Often I wrote where I shouldn’t. At school, at work, on the bus, even at my kids’ hockey or soccer games.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I enjoy reading genre and literary works. I especially enjoy historical mysteries. Except for the late Ariana Franklin, my favorite authors, however, don’t write them. I love reading Janet Evanovich and Jennifer Crusie. They bring me into their worlds, make me laugh and cry, and make me forget about my world.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
The Witch’s Salvation is a tale about restoring humanity to the last surviving witch of the Carpathian Mountains. The only people who can restore her humanity are Anasztasia and Matthias, two eighteen-year olds born mortal to two immortal families of royal lineage. If they go back in time and retrieve the Golden Cup that holds the mystery to regaining the witch’s humanity, she will make them immortal. She will also dissolve the curse that keeps Matthias’s family imprisoned in the ancient boundaries of Wallachia, present day Romania, and Anasztasia’s family exiled from it. But Anasztasia and Matthias must return to Easter Sunday, 1457, the day Prince Vlad III, aka Dracula, massacred nobles. Anasztasia and Matthias return to the past where life and death adventures begin toward saving the witch, unravelling their families’ secrets, and coming into their own.
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