Featured Interview With Laura Frost
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, but I call myself a tumbleweed as I bounced around several towns in Alberta and Saskatchewan before moving to my current home in North Bay, Ontario. Living in so many different places and meeting amazing people has provided me with lots of great storytelling ammunition. My background is in wildlife biology and although I no longer work in that field, I love spending time in my forested yard, birdwatching, gardening, and making maple syrup. I also love to bake, and every month I randomly select a new pie that my husband and kids taste-test and rate. I have a dog, cat, rabbit, and African cichlids.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I actually wrote more than I read when I was young, and I spent a lot of time penning short stories and poems. In the fourth grade, I won a poetry contest (written in Ukrainian), and in sixth grade, one of my short stories earned me an invitation to a Young Writers’ Convention. I found my love of novel writing about ten years ago, when I wrote a story as a way to deal with a harrowing situation I had faced. I came out lighter and stronger, and I have not stopped writing novels since.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I read widely, and there is no single author who I avidly follow, although some of my favorite books have been by Khaled Hosseini and Ruth Ware. My favorite genres to read are anything that gets my pulse racing, pages turning, and heart torn from my chest—basically, thriller and suspense. When I’m deep in drafting my own novels, I prefer to read nonfiction of all kinds. I’m inspired by people around me—those who push past barriers, both internal and external, and come out the other side stronger and more confident in who they are.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My debut novel, Seeking Sasha, is a psychological suspense. The story follows Sasha, a woman who believes she is better off being anyone but herself. For ten years, she has been bouncing between towns, changing names and changing jobs, but her fabricated lifestyle dissolves when she comes face to face with Cole, her best friend from childhood who is now a police officer. Cole is desperate to help Sasha ground herself and build a stable life, but facing her past sends Sasha spiraling down a dangerous path where her identities collide.
Early readers love peeling back the layers of who Sasha really is, which opens the door to great book club conversations. While writing Seeking Sasha, I had a lot of fun adding tension between Sasha and Cole, as well as within Sasha’s own struggles. The story has a little bit of romance and a lot of page-turning suspense.
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