Featured Interview With Greg Dragon
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am originally from Jamaica, West Indies but was raised in sunny South Florida from the age of eleven. I have moved around the state throughout my life but I currently reside in Tampa, Florida.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have always loved books, having a mother that was a teacher and book enthusiast made this automatic for me. I grew up reading books like Oliver Twist, and Tom Sawyer before I began to sneak into my mother’s collection and reading the trash novels that she had there. I began writing in High School when I found out that I was pretty good at it, I did many poems and short stories, but I didn’t writ an actual book until much later.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I like reading Dystopian SciFi books that are based in parody. This is why novels like 1984, Slaughterhouse Five, Brave New World, and A Clockwork Orange has a special place in my heart. I also like to read biographies from the past from men and women with a gift for writing. Two of my favorite books in that area have been Manchild in the Promised Land, and Pimp: The Story of My Life.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
Lady Hellgate, is a shorter novel (134 pages) about a tiny woman that sets out to become a soldier and ends up being the greatest ace pilot in the Galactic Alliance. The woman’s name is Helga ATE and she is a complicated one… Helga has trust issues, is part alien, and isn’t particularly beautiful, so much of her struggles are with her human allies from her teens up into adulthood. Lady Hellgate touches on themes like love, race relations, and trust, and it has a lot of action and espionage.
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