Featured Interview With Gary Baysinger
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I moved around a lot growing up and spent a few years in Harrogate, England, where my novella takes place. I live in Oregon with my wife, two children and two ill-behaved dogs.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I spent six years living on the Marshall Islands as a child. We had no television, which I initially thought was the end of the world. It turned out to be a blessing because it introduced me to reading and watching movies. Those two things influence my writing. I began writing in 2016.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Rosamunde Pilcher, T.C. Boyle, Paul Bowles. It’s no accident that my book is titled A Kind of Homecoming. I absolutely loved Rosamunde Pilcher’s Coming Home. I have terrible reading habits and will pick up random books that I find laying around the house or something that was recommended to me. I love reading books and then watching movie adaptations. I am inspired by books, movies, comic books, and songs.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My next book is a multigenerational family saga that starts in France and takes the reader to Germany, Russia and America before, during, and after World War Two. It’s based on research I did into my family’s Alsatian roots. I always wondered what happened to the Baysinger’s who remained in France. My family traveled to France in 2018 and we visited the tiny village where my ancestors lived. That trip inspired me to write my novel Margaret’s Last Prayer, about a young girl named Margaret who married a farmer named Jacob Baysinger and watched one of their sons emigrate to America.
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