Featured Interview With Joe Cosentino
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am a New Yorker who has acted on stage and screen with stars like Bruce Willis, Rosie O’Donnell, Holland Taylor, Jason Robards, and Nathan Lane.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I wrote my first play when I was ten years old. It was a riot.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I am a huge fan of Armistead Maupin, Greg Herren, Agatha Christie, Laura Levin, and G.A. McKevett. Mysteries are my passion.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My first novel, PAPER DOLL (mystery/romance/Hollywood) has been a work in progress for the last two years. I am happy to report it is garnering good reviews. Here’s the description:
Jana Lane was America’s most famous child star until she was attacked on the studio lot at eighteen years old. Now a thirty-eight-year-old beauty and mother of two living in a mansion in picturesque Hudson Valley, New York, Jana’s flashbacks from her past turn into murder attempts in her present.
The local suspects include Jana’s down-on-his-luck husband with a dislike for living off the fruits of his wife’s young labor, Jana’s sister and male friend (who both have eyes for Jana’s husband), Jana’s show business father, her deranged loyal fan, and Jana’s young Guy Friday who covets her fame and shares an uncanny resemblance to Jana.
Forced to summon up the lost courage she had as a child, Jana visits the California movie studio she once called home. This sends her on a whirlwind of visits with former and current movie studio personnel. It also leads to a romance with the son of her old producer—Rocco Cavoto—the devilishly handsome filmmaker who is planning Jana’s comeback both professionally and personally. With Rocco’s help, Jana uncovers a web of secrets about everyone she loves, including the person who destroyed her past and threatens to snuff out her future.
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