Featured Interview With Pegg Thomas
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I live on a hobby farm in very rural Northern Michigan with my husband of *mumble* years. We raise sheep, chickens, and keep a few barn cats along with Murphy the spoiled rotten dog. It’s a beautiful part of the world, and we are blessed to be here.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Some of my earliest memories are of my grandma reading to me before bed, stories from magazines. I became a voracious reader, often reading through the school day, my novels “hidden” behind my algebra or English books. And always I thought, “Someday I’m going to write a book.” But someday didn’t come until our son was grown and the empty nest stared back at me in 2009.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite genres are historical fiction and historical romance. The history inspires me. I enjoy novels with real history and even real historical characters in them. Novels where characters struggle with real-life issues common to their era. Period novels are good too, but the inner history-geek in me loves those meatier stories. Laura Frantz, Jocelyn Green, and Ann Gabhart are must-read authors for me.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
“Sarah’s Choice” releases on Aug. 3rd. It’s the first book in my “Forts of Refuge” series. The series is set during Pontiac’s Rebellion in 1763. There were three Colonial American forts that did not fall to Pontiac’s forces. “Sarah’s Choice” is set at Fort Pitt. “Maggie’s Strength” is set at Fort Detroit. And “Abigail’s Peace” is set at Fort Niagara.
“Sarah’s Choice” is about a young woman with her whole life planned out ahead of her as a newly married woman on the frontier. A pre-dawn attack on their settlement changes everything. As the only survivor, Sarah has to make some life-altering decisions over the next several months as she struggles with her life changes. At its heart, it’s a story of life and hope amidst the askes of her dreams.
While writing this book, I did my best to show the events only through the eyes of the main characters, Sarah and Cully. I had a first-hand journal written by a soldier stationed in Fort Pitt during the siege. From there, I envisioned how the events would have impacted these two characters. I made no attempt to filter this history through our 21st Century lens. I wanted to see and feel things the way I think Sarah and Cully would have seen and felt them. So it’s not a book about the siege, it’s a book about Sarah and Cully and how the siege changed them.
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Looking forward to August4!
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