Featured Interview With Matt Minor
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised on the upper Texas gulf coast. I now live on a ranch property on what is known as the Mid-Coast region of Texas. I have an apartment in Austin as I work there regularly.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Around six, I think. The book mobile came to our school and I checked out a book titled: Albert the Albatross. After that I was hooked. Books are like possessions to me.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Graham Greene; Walker Percy; Larry McMurtry; James Michener
All four inspire my writing.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
It’s a forbidden love story set amid a political conspiracy:
A terrorist attack on the Texas border, attributed to Mexican drug cartels, coincides with the federal government’s passage of a sweeping amnesty bill. This becomes fodder for the Texas Legislator, which pressures a weakened governor to create a Select Joint Committee on Immigration Reform.
A handsome, charismatic former rocker and poet, John David (JD) Dothan unexpectedly wins his district when the long term Republican candidate goes down in disgrace. However, JD is not the only rookie at the Capitol. His quickly appointed Chief of Staff, twenty-four-year-old Tryphena Taylor, is drawn into not only his political complications, but also his twisted romantic present and past.
The Select Joint Committee expects him to co-sponsor the controversial immigration bill with Pro-life Republican, Senator Rachel Logan; his “first love,” from a quarter century earlier.
Through a labyrinth of liars, deceivers, egos, and the weight of his own broken heart, Dothan must navigate. But he is being drawn not only towards the ugly reality of power, but his own redemption as well.
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