Featured Interview With Hazel Mattice
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I grew up in an isolated community in rural North Dakota. I live in LaMoure, North Dakota with my Labrador retriever, Murphy and cat Boris.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I remember the first chapter books being the Mandie series by Lois Gladys Leppard when I was 9. At the age of 12, my dad removed the TV from our house, and that’s where my devotion was solidified. I wrote stories growing up in school (home school) and wrote my first novel in 2010.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Stephen King (of course) John Saul, Sandra Brown, C.S. Lewis, Ted Dekker. The creepy parts are inspired by Stephen King and John Saul, Ted Dekker inspires my devotion to real stories about God, and romance and kissing parts I thank Sandra Brown, with whom I got to tweet with, and won a signed copy of Friction, and Julie Garwood who knows how to sweep a reader away with one kiss.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
Thirsty Ground is the third book in my series The Chosen Five where 5 children are born in Mercy Hospital in Valley City, North Dakota, on the same day. Thirsty Ground is about reserved Simon Anderson who has numerous enemies, and must take a stand to win the woman of his dreams.
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