Featured Interview With Suzanna J. Linton
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I have lived in South Carolina for most of my life. In fact, a lot of my writing that takes place in the “real” world has a setting similar to a place I’ve lived or am currently living. Being a country girl, I love being close to nature, so I rather doubt I’ll ever move to a large city. In fact, my dream home is down a rutted dirt road and behind a screen of trees.
When I’m not writing, I love to crochet, garden, read, and spend time with my pets. We have two dogs and a cat, all of whom my husband and I rescued. Our animals are like our children and, just like kids, they get up to some hilarious shenanigans!
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve been fascinated with books since I was a little girl. My mother taught me to read and I still remember following her around with her copy of THE SECRET GARDEN, asking her to help me pronounce the Yorkshire words. I started writing when I was about eight years old. At first it was poetry and then the Cryptkeeper show inspired me to write my first long story, which was a horror story. I’d like to find that manuscript one day but I think it got thrown out during one of our moves.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love to read Anne McCaffrey, Dean Koontz, Robin McKinley, and Charles de Lint. My favorite genre is fantasy but I’m trying to branch out (hence the Koontz). I’d like to start reading more horror and I really loved a short story by Aaron Dries. I have to remember to get my hands on one of his longer works!
Tell us a little about your latest book?
WILLOWS OF FATE is an urban fantasy in that it starts in our “real” world. Desdemona could be any of those quiet, reclusive people you see in coffee shops or at work. And then her world gets turned upside down when she’s hit by some close family deaths and the revelation of a family secret. Nothing causes chaos than taking the ordered universe you thought you knew and then finding out it’s something completely different.
Desdemona also has to face some tough choices and deal with issues of fate and free will. Would doing the right thing mean she has to stop being herself or will it allow her to be more herself than she ever has been before? And then there’s the fact that there are people who want to kill her, which puts a damper on anyone’s day.
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