Featured Interview With Shelby K. Morrison
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I grew up in California and Utah, where I currently live. I am married with two shih-tzus. Which is all so very boring. I am a writer, pure and simple. I have stories pushing and shoving to get onto paper, characters eager to meet me and make their debut and a keyboard that just can’t keep up. My first book, Shattered, is a psychological thriller but I plan on exploring the fantasy genre for my next book. Any book that takes me away is a book worth writing.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I began reading books from the library by the wheelbarrow full in junior high. The right book can transport you to a whole new world, let you be a different person, change your perspective and take you on an adventure. Most of all, it provides an escape. I can sword-fight before bed and then wake up to uncover a mystery only to learn I have special powers before lunch. Books are amazing. It was eighth grade that I wrote my first story, after having written several poems and songs. After that, there was no turning back. My brother would sit on the floor beside me and listen to each chapter after I wrote it and tell me how amazing I was. And so I continued to right on the hope I’d have other readers who thought the same.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I like to read a wide variety of authors and books so I don’t have a favorite author. Favorite genres include Fantasy, Thrillers, Action Adventure, Spec Fiction. But I’ve been known to read any genre, as far as Christian Romance if the author is great. I read to learn. Almost every author stands to teach me something so I try not to stick too strictly to my favorite genres and instead search for the best writers. I am inspired with every book that keeps me up at night, that causes me to daydream or that evokes a tear. I want to be that author.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
Shattered is a psychological thriller that follows college student Alex Bowen as she digs for answers after discovering she’s being watched. She is taken from the comforts of Oregon to the dangers of a mysterious island to disquieting buildings with dark histories and beyond. Alex realizes she’s been shoved head first into a conspiracy theory and that all her digging might destroy all she knows.
Shattered took a few years to write, re-write, re-draft and re-write a few more times. It started off a very different story than it is now.
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