Featured Interview With Stephanie Berget
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in Boise, Idaho and have lived in a small town in Eastern Oregon for the last ten years. I married a rodeo cowboy and have spent the last thirty-five years training and competing on barrel racing horses. To say I love the western lifestyle is an understatement. We live on a hay and cattle farm and continue to rodeo in our spare time.
As for pets, we are owned by Dizzie Dottie, the Border Collie and two Munchkin cats (naturally short legged like a Corgi) Mysto Magia and Munchkinlane Martin. Cisco and Snake are AQHA registered Quarter Horses. I run barrels on six year old Cisco and my husband team ropes on Snake. Included in our menagerie are ten head of Corriente cows and their calves.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve been a voracious reader since I was old enough to hold a book. I loved horse stories when I was younger and read romance and mysteries now. I began writing about six years ago. I wanted to bring a more realistic view of rodeo and horses to western romance and ended up with bits of magic, mayhem and humor filling the pages.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love so many authors, but if I had to narrow it down, I’d choose Jennifer Crusie, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Katie Lane and RL Naquin. They are my must read authors. The loveable characters and bits of humor get me every time.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
Radio Rose, the first in the Change of Heart Cowboy series is set near Trinidad, Colorado. When I was looking for a location, imagine my surprise when I learned Trinidad is called the Sex Change Capital of the World. Rose Wajnowski, my heroine, is a DJ for a late night radio program on extra-terrestrials. She meets cowboy Adam Cameron and after a bump to the head, thinks he’s an alien. They are pulled together in an effort to save their little town that is peopled with a crew of characters who are a little off center to say the least.
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Love seeing an authentic cowgirl that writes western type romances! Great story!