Featured Interview With Jacob Terrell
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in Bedford, TX, and grew up both in north Texas and, for a while, northeast Arkansas. I’ve drifted around quite a bit in some areas, lived a crazy lifestyle for a while. I’m currently in Fort Worth, and don’t plan on leaving anytime soon.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve always been an avid reader, probably because my mother encouraged it. I was reading Dracula and 20,000 leagues under the sea when I was around 10, and my passion for books has never dimmed. When I was a kid, I had a natural talent, but I nearly always abused it to fake my way through essays and papers on material I hadn’t studied, just because I could write it in such a way that my teachers would be impressed, even if it contained little of the content it was supposed to.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I read and write mostly fantasy, and Garth Nix is a big reason why. Growing up, I wanted to be an archaeologist with all my heart, but there came a time when I realized that I wouldn’t be able to fight Nazis while digging up priceless artifacts a la Indiana Jones. I gave it up soon after.
One day, while searching through a new box of donated books at my high school’s library (I had read most of them), I came across a battered copy of Lirael. That and Nix’s other works pushed me to start writing seriously, because I wanted to inspire people the way those books inspired me.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
The Shade of Andrea Fox is my debut novel. It’s the first installment in a story that’s been circulating in my head for the better part of ten years, but it took quite a while of thinking and dreaming (an a whole slew of rewrites and sleepless nights) before I was satisfied with the main arc.
It follows the titular character, who goes by Jill, as she is plunged into an ancient war between immortals of a broken world. Along with her friends- the mischievous Brownsborough brothers- Jill must unravel the false life her father has built to protect her, and discover the destiny that awaits her as Andrea The End.
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