Featured Interview With Lorraine Bartlett
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in Rochester, NY where I continue to live with my husband and three cats. The winters are brutal, but that makes one truly appreciate the other three seasons.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I was a bored 12-year-old when my mother handed me a book called Ammie Come Home by Barbara Michaels and said, “Read this.” I was hooked on mysteries and romantic suspense from that day forward. But I actually started writing Star Trek fan stories when I was in my teens. I moved on to cop stories, and finally to writing mysteries. But I still like a little SF and fantasy, and write the Tales of Telenia adventure-fantasy series, too.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I loved just about all Barbara Michaels books because they featured a paranormal thread. My mother also introduced me to the books by Dick Francis, and they held me spellbound as well. I read a lot of mysteries and women’s fiction, but I also read a lot of non-fiction. I just enjoy reading.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
Evolution: Jeff Resnick’s Backstory. It’s a collection of short stories chronicling my series character, Jeff Resnick’s (and that of his brother, Richard Albert) back story. What forces molded these men into the people they are today? Eleven thought-provoking tales span from their first meeting, until two years before the first book in the series, Murder On The Mind. My readers have told me they found it enlightening.
I wrote most of the stories as I was writing the first four books in the series. When I mentioned the stories in a blog post, I was inundated with requests from readers to publish the stories. So, I polished them, and wrote a couple of new ones to fill in the gaps.
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