Featured Interview With Glynnis Campbell
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in the town of Chico, California, where the original Errol Flynn “Robin Hood” movie was filmed, and grew up in the famously destroyed-by-fire town of Paradise. After graduating from college, I moved to Los Angeles to try to make it big in the music industry. My husband did make it big, and I eventually followed my dream of being a writer.
Against my wishes (I was always a cat person), our family adopted a pug, and I fell in love with him. I currently own Kitten Kaboodle, a feral cat I tamed, and am home to my mom’s Maltese rescue, Peanut.
I’m a USA Today bestselling author of swashbuckling “medieval action-adventure romances,” mostly set in Scotland, with 24 books published in six languages. But before I was a medieval matchmaker, I rocked in an all-girl band called The Pinups on CBS Records, did voiceovers for the MTV animated series, “The Maxx,” Diablo and Starcraft videogames, and Star Wars audio adventures, and married a rock star. These days I love to transport readers to a place where the bold heroes have endearing flaws, the women are stronger than they look, the land is lush and untamed, and chivalry is alive and well!
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
From as young as I can remember, I was that precocious child who maxed out her library card every week. Naturally shy and a bit ahead of my age, I loved the way books spoke to me in a language I could understand. I started writing early too, mostly poetry. My first book was an illustrated medieval adventure featuring an unbeknownst-to-me international cast of Jacques, Pedro, and Steve.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I like a wide variety of authors. I grew up on the historical romances of Jude Deveraux, Julie Garwood, and Tanya Anne Crosby, and I’m currently eating up Erica Ridley’s stories. But I also love Dean Koontz’s horror, Malcolm Gladwell’s essays, and classic Ray Bradbury.
When it comes to inspiration, I’m often drawn to screenwriters as well. One of my favorites is Joss Whedon, who masterfully mixes drama with humor and empowered women with flawed heroes.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
The last full-length novel I published was “Bride of Fire.” The Warrior Maids of Rivenloch is my most popular series, and readers have been pestering me to do a sequel. So this is Book 1 of The Warrior Daughters of Rivenloch, featuring the daughter of Helena and Colin from “Captive Heart.”
Sassy lass Jenefer du Lac is determined to seize the abandoned castle and land adjoining Rivenloch before the king’s chosen Highlander can lay claim to it. But Morgan Mor mac Giric has just lost his wife in childbirth, and he’s not about to lose his inheritance as well. It will take a deadly threat from Morgan’s past to awaken the flame between them and turn Jenefer into the fiery champion of his heart.
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