Featured Interview With Michele Olson
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I’ve lived most of my adult life in Green Bay, WI in the shadow of Lambeau field. Before that I moved around from Ohio, to Pennsylvania, to several places in Wisconsin. I spent the 70s as a DJ that spun records which led to professional voice work. I’ve had a 40 plus career as an advertising/corporate writer, specializing in health writing. It’s only in the last few years I’ve ventured into novels.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
It started with Nancy Drew and the Box Car kids. I couldn’t wait to get to the library every week to check out a new book. I wrote professionally since I was 17 in TV, radio and marketing, but novels I didn’t tackle until I hit my 60s!
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I read far more non-fiction that fiction, yet fiction is what I like to write. I do enjoy the classics like Agatha Christy. I love the work of Anne Lamott, fiction and non fiction. She picks the perfect words, every time. I also love Susan Branch who writes about her life and incorporates her watercolor…I am a watercolor/mixed media artist too, so I enjoy her work.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
Being Dorothy (In a world longing for home) is the sequel to my first book- Being Ethel (In a world that loves Lucy). The story begins in 1979 with Piper Penn who unexpectedly lands on Mackinac Island and mystery, romance, friendship, and faith follow. In Being Dorothy, the story continues in 1980 when Piper Penn meets a mysterious couple on the porch of the Grand Hotel, but they aren’t who they seem to be. Think James Bond! It takes me about a year to write each book, and right now I’m working on book three, Being Alice (In a world lost in the looking glass)- set in 1981 on Mackinac Island.
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