Featured Interview With Sabine Garvey Campbell
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Northern Virginia. After college I moved to Colorado for graduate school. Five years ago I came home to Virginia where I now live on a hobby farm with my husband and two children, twins. We share our lives with four dogs, two cats and four birds. When I am not working, I spend my time writing, painting and coloring.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I wrote my first poem when I was in grade school. In the years that followed, I continued writing poetry but it was always a dream of mine to write a book. When I moved back to Virginia I finally found myself in a position to pursue that dream so I wrote my first fiction book in 2016. The second book in the series followed in 2017. After realizing only marginal success I stepped back and evaluated myself as a writer. It was then that I decided to direct my talents towards non-fiction writing. As Mark Twain once said, “Write what you know.” My first non-fiction book was released this month.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My first passion for reading is and has always been mysteries. My love affair with Agatha Christie began thirty years ago and since then I added Sue Grafton to my list of favorite mystery writers.
I also enjoy reading self help books that capture stories of personal development. I am always trying to be the best version of myself in anything and everything I do so I find it inspiring to read stories of people who have successfully gone before me.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is titled “An Unexpected Road to Motherhood.”
I wrote this book over Christmas vacation in 2018 when I was home for two weeks with my family. My children have finally reached the age that they are becoming independent. Watching them grow and learn reminded me of all the love, time and effort that had gone into raising them this far. And, how when I became their mother, I did not know what to expect and came to find that it was not like I had imagined it would be which is fine with me.
“Most little girls dream of meeting their Prince Charming, getting married, and becoming a mother like something they read in a fairy tale. For some lucky girls, life goes just as planned but for others, the fairy tale gets rewritten into something that reads more like a mystery. And then, there are girls like me whose story turns out to be a little bit of both. Like the fairy tale, I met my Prince Charming and we got married, but then my road to motherhood became unexpected, complicated, and unpredictable just like a good mystery. Fortunately, I always knew that life had a plan for me and that if I never gave up, I would one day find my happy ending.”
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