Featured Interview With Micheal Maxwell
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in the Central Valley of California. I am still in the heart of the great Dust Bowl Refugee arrival enclave. The culture of the Okies, the Mexicans and other inhabitants of the Big Valley is a rich heritage that I cherish. It is also a good place to be from, and I travel along with my wife a much as possible. Those travels and the people we’ve met play an important part it my writing.
I no longer have a pet. My wonderful dog Sushi died a while back and can’t be replaced. We travel a lot and a new pet would be a problem.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
It is a widely held legend in my family that I was reading when I went to kindergarten. I wrote my first story in first grade. Since then I have written for my own enjoyment and for publication, grade school, high school, and college I always jumped at the chance to be included in literary journals. I’ve written record and movie reviews for magazines. I’ve written short stories for my own entertainment over the years. Then I decided to try my hand a a full length book and i was hooked.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I have three go to authors when I just want great writing wrapped around me like a warm blanket; Charles Dickens, Robertson Davies and John Jakes. I love Mysteries and for me there are none better than: Stewart M. Kaminsky, Peter Lovesey and the Master, Arthur Conan Doyle.
I believe reading Robertson Davies, 5th Business gave me a voice. I felt such an amazing connection to his words it was if he was say, “Here, this is how you do it.” Since then I read re-read every Davies novel at least three time. I lost count on 5th Business.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
Cole Shoot is the fifth in the Cole Sage Mystery Series. I really think this book is a turning point in the life of our hero Cole Sage. From Diamonds and Cole on, Cole has been on a personal, professional, and spiritual journey. In Cole Shoot he faces the very real possibility that he may be sacrificing everything to save the life of someone very special to him. The tag line for this book is, “Where does justice end and vengeance begin”. I think we have all questioned how far we would go to save a loved one. Cole faces that and a lot more in this book. Is it enough to win or do we need that pound of flesh to make things even? Readers of the series will be happy to see some old friends from previous book pay a return visit. Cole Shoot took nearly a year to complete. The sixth book in the series, Cole Fire, which will be quite a bit longer, is nearly a quarter written and I’ve only been working on it a month! Thanks to the support of readers Cole is fired up and ready for acton.
Connect with the Author on their Websites and Social media profiles
Great job Michael!!!! Congratulations.
The Cole series is the first and only I have purchased on Kindle. I enjoy them so much, I read them aloud to my husband when he was too sick to sit up and read for himself. He enjoyed them as well.