Featured Interview With Tricia Pimental
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Brooklyn, New York, was the first place I called home. Although I spent most of my adult life in Los Angeles, I’ve lived in Park City, Utah; five cities in Florida including Miami; a truck stop outside of Reno, Nevada; and in the woods close to the Canadian border, in New Hampshire. (No, I’m neither in the military nor the Witness Protection Program.) For the last few years, I’ve been living in–and loving–Portugal. Currently I’m in the countryside, between the capital of Lisbon and Ericeira, with its world class surfing beaches.
My Maltese, Carson, has been a great travel companion. In fact, we’re starting a one month road trip soon, where we’ll hit Spain, France, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic. He’s already put his order in for plenty of local cheeses and meat dishes. I’ll be looking for local wines and chocolates.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
In the third grade, Mrs. Hamlin of P.S. 169 fame praised a poem I wrote about Lapland. (I haven’t managed to get there yet, but there’s still time; Carson will look great wearing antlers.) After high school and college I did more reading than writing, but got back to my love some years ago. Since then I’ve written two award-winning books. First a memoir, Rabbit Trail: How a Former Playboy Bunny Found Her Way, and then a novel (women’s fiction), titled Slippery Slopes. I have articles, poems, and short pieces for anthologies in print as well.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Mysteries and thrillers (Linda Fairstein, Agatha Christie, Lee Child) are favorites. I’ve read every book John Grisham has ever written. I love beautiful prose, so special authors include Ann Patchett and Carrie Brown. Recently I read Paula McClain’s The Paris Wife. Terrific.
All these people–and many others–inspire me, because they make me think and take me for beautiful rides, which is one of the best things in life.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
A Movable Marriage, another memoir, picks up where Rabbit Trail left off. It’s about giving up stability (a tough act for a person like me who loves constancy and routine) and learning to move from house to house and state to state and country to country without getting divorced (or having a spouse meet with a suspicious end).
So far, so good.
I’ve been working on it for a few years, partly because we kept on moving, so there wasn’t a point at which I could say, okay, there’s some closure now. We’ve paused long enough at this juncture, however, for me to wrap it up and send it off to my editor. I plan on it being released in late summer or early autumn. I hope she’s planning the same thing.
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Tricia is a personal friend and friendships truly mean something to her! She’s so busy, but loves to find time to catch up and be there for her friends. I enjoyed this article and wish her the best always! I was fortunate enough to be one of her Utah neighbors on her many moves and look forward to reading her new book when published.