Top Selling Authors: Get To Know Them Better

This is a list of our featured author interviews. These authors take a few minutes out of their busy schedule to sit down and answer a few questions. Get to know what they are working on next and what types of books they like to read.

Featured Author Mercy Onyeyirichi

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Featured Interview With Mercy Onyeyirichi

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Mercy Onyeyirichi is a Nigerian author who enthralls, empowers, and entertains. She has written two amazing novella with a fusion of gothic and modern psychological thrillers to deliver a one-of-a-kind experience to the readers.
Mercy is a successful filmmaker whose creative works never fail to amaze, and her movie has also won an award in the African Student Film Festival. In her free time, she loves to read and explore the beauty of the outdoors. On Sundays, you will find Mercy mingling with her beloved twin sister in the local pub discussing politics and arts.
Mercy Onyeyirichi also holds a Creative Arts Degree from the University of Lagos State, Nigeria, and is a storyteller who relishes the beauty of simple things.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
At the age of eight

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Stephen king, JK Rowling, Sarah Painter, Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood…
Oh boy! I love Mystery and suspense books.
Stephen king inspires me a lot.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
1st Birthday gift is a gripping christian horror book, which is a first in the Christian horror standalone series, I am writing presently. Strange as it may, this story came about during my elder sister’s wedding. We were really close, almost inseparable. I was happy she was getting married. Don’t get me wrong! But I was scared about being alone without her. Around that time I had a terrible nightmare, almost an out of body experience. I thought it was some kind of premonition or something, but I was really scared about everything happening that time. But on a second thought, I realized how amazing the nightmare could be in a book form. Voila! That was how 1st birthday came about, and I am super excited about this book. You can check out 1st birthday gift on my Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/author/mercyobridge89

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Featured Author Denis Knezovic

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Featured Interview With Denis Knezovic

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (which was Yugoslavia at the time). I was partly raised in Germany and partly in the US, I was 14 years old when we moved to the States. I currently live in beautiful Athens, Greece

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I was maybe 13 or 14 years old when I really got into books. But the idea of writing about my life came well before that. Late high school and especially college made me realize that I have a talent for writing. I started writing for a living out of necessity when I finished my studies.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite authors to read are Leon Trotsky and David North, the current leader of the Trotskyist movement in the United States. My favorite genre is clearly nonfiction. As far as fiction is concerned, I enjoyed the early Dan Brown novels. But with my academic background in history, I prefer nonfiction. I don’t think that anyone in particular inspires my writing per se, but having read numerous books by David North in the last few years, I’ve certainly picked up on his style inadvertently.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Well, this particular interview is about my very first book, my memoir “Against all Odds”. It is about my life in various countries and about coping with my disability at the same time . Given that it was my first book, it took me way too long to finish it. I wasn’t sure that it was what I really wanted to do, so it took quite a bit of motivation from my inner circle to get it done.

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Featured Author Christy Piper

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Featured Interview With Christy Piper

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I grew up in Panama City Beach, FL. It was a small town in North Florida, but it’s grown a lot since I’ve lived there. Currently, I live in New Hampshire. No pets now, but I’d love to get another dog someday.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I liked super hero comic books as a kid. It inspired me to make up my own stories and drawings, too. One of my college majors ended up being creative writing just because I kept taking the classes and writing! I always knew I’d write books one day.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I like to read any authors who can teach me how to become a better version of myself. Most are nonfiction. Robert Greene, Chris Voss, David Goggins, Teal Swan, Napoleon Hill, Neville Goddard, Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Florence Scovel Shinn.

I also like fiction that is well written, and includes truths about humanity. J.K. Rowling is my favorite.

All these authors inspire my writing. The ones who’ve overcome hardships and turned their pain into lessons to help others get my highest respect. The authors in my writing group are also an inspiration to me.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
The book is called Girl, You Deserve More: How to Break His Spell over You, Escape Your Toxic Partner, and Become Independent. It’s filled with the information I wish I’d had years ago when I was going through this myself. It explains the mind games and tactics used by the toxic partner, and gives you the resources and motivation to leave. It is interspersed with stories from my own life experience and other women’s, too.

The book took about a year and a half from starting writing to publish. But I started writing it in my mind and taking notes for it many years ago.

This book makes a perfect gift for someone you care about who needs to get out of a bad relationship, but feels stuck. It is also a perfect desk side companion for mental health counselors and other helping professions. I’m learning that my target reader often wouldn’t think to seek the book out themselves, so sometimes it’s up to others to help them find it.

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Featured Author Ta’Mesha Smith

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Featured Interview With Ta’Mesha Smith

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Born and raised in Greenville, SC, I have been writing since a very young age. The love of words started with poetry and has evolved into a pure passion. At the age of 20 I moved to MN for some time where many of the poems in Drugs, Love, and Poetry was created. When I’m not writing I am spending time with my daughters and pursuing other hobbies and new business venture.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve been writing since the age of 8. That is when I remember writing my first poem about the sirens of love. What? Something a little strange about me, I’ve never really been fascinated with books. If I am able to read a book it is probably going to be non-fiction or an essay. Ironically I used to read a great deal of self help books until you realize only you can answer those tough questions.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Maya Angelou has been my biggest inspiration as a writer and myself. I developed the skill from a very young age writing poetry so I was truly able to evolve with my own voice.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
To know yourself is important. Self reflection is a form of self therapy. Who better than yourself to share your secrets with?

Self-discovery can be an insightful and scary journey. Taking the time to learn more about ourselves can be fun if we open up a bit. But not for the entire world to see but for you to admire your true self. The true, genuine, unique self you see when you look in the mirror each day. We all have the power to be the highest form of ourselves.

All About Me is a thought and feeling provoking journal that makes you shed light on parts of your world and pieces of yourself that you never really thought about. Life happens fast and often times we don’t allow ourselves the proper time to process our true feelings and views on ourselves and the world, not only around us but inside as well.

With over 500 questions and journal prompts, All About Me inspires you to think about your feelings, dream about your goals, and put your future into perspective. What type of support can you give yourself that no one else can? What do you believe is your destiny? How can you learn to trust yourself more? Do you like being in the spotlight or behind the scenes? What does perfect mean to you? How do you feel when someone gives you advice you didn’t ask for?

It takes true courage to embark on a journey to knowing thy-self. All About Me is a guided journal to help you navigate your inner world and keep you focused along the way.

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Featured Author J.W Zarek

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Featured Interview With J.W Zarek

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Thank you for asking. I’m J.W. Zarek, and I grew up in Brooklyn and Queens, New York, and
now reside in Northern Virginia, and I help catch naughty folk for the Government.

I’ve taught English Conversation in Japan and can analyze anyone’s handwriting. I’ve sailed
through the Suez Canal twice and hunted pirates in the Persian Gulf. I’ve climbed to the top of
Mount Fuji, been kicked off Mount Rainier, and successfully ran in the Walt Disney World
Marathon as a woman.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
It was in sixth grade. A teacher assigned everyone in the class to write a Halloween-themed scary
story. I don’t remember story details, but I’ll never forget how the story made the teacher feel.
They said how much they enjoyed what they read, and it’s good enough to be published.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Favorite authors I grew reading are Stephen King, Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, J.R.R Tolkien,
C.S. Lewis, and Jules Verne. Their stories inspired my imagination and fed my soul.

Who inspires me? I dedicated my third book to Margie Lawson because she shared and showed
me how to write fresh and amp up my writing. I am forever grateful to Margie for doing this.
And because of what Margie shared and showed me, it’s helped me find inspiration in my
writing through a shared glance, an argument or conversation, and unexpected, unplanned
moments.

An example of this is the first time I was outside the Port Authority bus station, and a homeless
man asked for a dollar. I gave him a dollar, went about my day, and forgot about this momentary
exchange, this unexpected moment because, at the time, it wasn’t significant, extraordinary, but a
normal kind of moment you forget.

And when wrote the scene where Boone, the protagonist exits the Port Authority bus station, I
asked what Boone would see, feel, hear, and experience his first time inside and outside the bus
station. And the memory of the homeless man asking me for a dollar replayed inside my head.

This memory helped shape how the scene opened in Chapter Three – First Time Anywhere, as
shown below.

Twenty-two hours after riding on a cramped Greyhound with no A/C and the backed-up
bathroom smell, I’ve arrived outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City,
thankful I only had one panic attack and one weird dream. I rub the knot swirling in my stomach. The urge to turn around and go home hits
me hard.

Inside the terminal, tourists chatter, beggars beg, buses brake. Everyone is on a cell phone. I wish
I’d bought one before the trip. There wasn’t a need for one in Wentzville. Not allowed at Ren
faires. I use a walkie-talkie for my handyman job at the trailer park. And who would I call here?
I don’t know anyone in New York City, except the contact Flynn gave me, a Professor Stone.
I inhale, and whiskey-flavored words barrel over my shoulder. “Mister, can you spare a dollar?” Turning, I’m face-to-face with a gruff one-toothed grin. I’m thrown by his breath, but I hand him a dollar. His grin grows. “Thanks, Mister.” He leaves, prize in hand.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I wrote The Devil Pulls the Strings, to honor the hero’s journey and infuse Slavic mythology and
all the many faces of the mother of all witches, Baba Yaga, in a modern setting, and address a
rumor about Niccolò Paganini, born in 1782. Paganini was the world’s first Rockstar of his day,
known as the world’s greatest violinist who revolutionized violin technique.

Rumor has it, his mother gave Paganini’s soul to the Devil so Paganini could be the world’s
greatest violinist. Imagine a world where that’s true. Then you would be immersed in the world of The Devil Pulls the Strings, where time travel, twisted history, secret societies, Paganini’s music, and one haunted hero collide.

Twenty-two-year-old Boone Daniels has problems, debilitating panic attacks, gut-wrenching
guilt, a wendigo haunting him since age six, and now he almost killed his best friend in a joust.
But when he fills in for his injured friend at a New York gig, he goes to meet the gig’s contact at
his NYC brownstone. A body falls from the brownstone balcony and the place explodes with gunfire. Boone barely escapes but uncovers a sinister plot to perform a rare Paganini piece that
summons the Devil to trap Baba Yaga and destroy modern-day New York City.

He then finds himself on a race through time, to capture the cursed melody. Along the way, a
Romani immortal, steampunk vampires, and Baba Yaga set the stage for war, and Boone shall
have to risk death for redemption. All Boone wants is to keep a promise to a friend. The same
friend, he almost killed last Sunday during a joust.

The Devil Pulls the Strings as seen on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, Ticker News Live, and the NY
Post, received the Literary Titan Award, The International Review of Books Badge of
Achievement, selected to move forward in the American Golden Picture International Film
Festival competition, made the Chanticleer Long List in multiple categories, as well as, received

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Featured Author Kay Douglas

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Featured Interview With Kay Douglas

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in New Zealand and have lived there all my life. I live in Auckland in a home in a bush setting which I love. I consider myself blessed to living in New Zealand.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Looking back I can see that my writing career began when I was about 8 years old. I was living in an alcoholic home where there was a lot of abuse happening. I can still remember deciding I was going to write a book about it. I wanted to tell parents how much abuse hurt so they would stop. After hurtful instances I would comfort myself by writing my book in my mind (because it didn’t feel safe to put it on paper). This is no doubt why I have gone on to write 6 books, 5 of them on the subject of abuse and recovery.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I tend to read non-fiction, mostly about issues relating to my work as a psychotherapist who specializes in anger change, and abuse and trauma recovery. There is a lot of new information coming out about trauma and the brain at the moment and I find this a very interesting area.

I have recently enjoyed Dr Bruce Fisher and Oprah Winfrey’s book “What Happened to You?”

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is Invisible Wounds. This book was first published in New Zealand by Penguin Books in 1994. It has been continually in print since it was published. I have always wanted to publish Invisible Wounds in United States but somehow life kept getting in the way. Last year I got the rights back from Penguin Books so I could self-publish an updated edition. I did this last year in New Zealand and I am excited to have finally released this 3rd edition in US. This feels like finally completing something that was started a very long time ago.

One may think that this is a very old book, but as someone who has worked in the area of abuse prevention and trauma recovery for the last 27 years I can say for sure that many women are still experiencing the same kinds of abuse by their partners as was spoken about in Invisible Wounds all those years ago. I am sad to say that this book is probably more relevant than ever.

The thing that makes Invisible Wounds unique is the direct quotes from the 50 women I interviewed for this book. Their stories are powerful; moving, informative and inspiring.

Invisible Wounds took me 1 year to write. During that time I lived alone, and I lived and breathed it. I was surrounded by transcripts of the women’s interviews, scribbled notes, and half-finished cups of tea. I had a deadline with Penguin so there was an underlying panic present. I had 50 women’s stories I felt responsible for, and a publishing contract with a top publisher so I knew I just had to keep going, no matter what. Although that deadline created pressure it also helped to move me through to the next level in my writing.

I discovered my mind was a wonderful thing, capable of so much more than I realised. I would often dream about the book and wake up with words tumbling through my brain. Half asleep I’d scramble for pen and paper to get the words down while they were there. And usually the words were perfect. The subject I couldn’t seem to write about the day before was now on the page. It was like the words were coming through me, rather than from me. That was a very powerful, humbling process to experience, and one I never forget.

Over the years so many women have told me what Invisible Wounds has meant to them; the comfort and insight they have found on the pages, and the relief they felt when they realised that other women had experienced the same confusion and distress that they were living through. The power of the shared experiences and collective wisdom of women had touched their heart and renewed their self-belief and hope for the future.

I believe that Invisible Wounds is a lifeline that will continue to touch people’s lives powerfully for many years to come. That’s why it has felt so important for me to publish this updated version of Invisible Wounds.

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Featured Author Chyrel J. Jackson & Lyris D. Wallace

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Featured Interview With Chyrel J. Jackson & Lyris D. Wallace

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Country Club Hills IL a Southern Suburb outside of Chicago is where we were raised. Chyrel lives in Mississippi. Lyris is still in Chicago. My sister Lyris has 2 cats. Oregon & Benny. My cat Mynx died 3 years ago.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
We loved books as children but our fascination for them reached a new level during the college years. It was then that we discovered African American Literature and oh boy we were compelled to write and be a part of the world of our great literary ancestors. My writing (Chyrel speaking) began in my early 20’s. My sister’s (Lyris) began when she was 30.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
We both love James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Claude McCay, Zora Neale Hurston, Maya Angelou, Ralph Elliston, Sonia Sanchez, Gwendolyn Brooks and Nikki Giovanni.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Mirrored Images is a collection of poems written in quarantine during the Pandemic. We explore the darker side of human nature. Our overall arching message of sister love remains in tact but as our first book we tackle many life changing topics. Social injustice, politics, racism, relationships etc.

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Featured Author Mia Dymond

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Featured Interview With Mia Dymond

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am a contemporary romance novel author of 22 novels with sexy, alpha males and females with attitude to boot. I live in a zoo, hold down a full time job, and am trying to coax my creative muse from her cage. So BEWARE, the madness may rub off on you! I am from the hot, dusty state of Oklahoma and am the mother of 2 human children and 2 fur babies, an English bulldog and a black Labrador retriever.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
According to my mother, I read in the womb ….. but I remember being an avid reader all of my life. I’ve always had stories buzzing around in my head but I seriously began writing in 2009.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite genre is romance, of course! I read such fabulous authors as Christine Feehan and Lora Leigh.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book, Undercover Desire, is the first in my new series, Wright City Heartthrobs Book 1.

Registered Nurse Paige Warren runs a tight ship, fiercely dedicated to the care of her patients while she ignores the fact that the new doctor in town is a major heartthrob. After all, office romance is complicated.

Dr. Damon Flynn has returned home, dodging old rumors while he walks a fine line between past and present to protect a delicate secret. Attracted to the compassionate beauty, he carefully balances personal and professional feelings to hide the truth. Yet when sinister forces intervene and threaten to expose him, he is forced to make an admission that may endanger them both.

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Featured Author Fred Tippett, II

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Featured Interview With Fred Tippett, II

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am Fred Tippett, II, the author of the recently released YA Mystery novel THE LETHAL LIST–-which is currently on sale now via Amazon. I was raised in Alabama and live there now, though I was away from my home state for quite a while because I attended college in Georgia and law school in Philadelphia. I am currently a Washington-DC-barred attorney. Sadly, I do not have any pets.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I first realized that I was fascinated with books during early childhood–-when I became nigh obsessed with Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew titles (both the originals and the later branch-off books). As I grew into my teen years, my tastes began to mature a bit, tending more towards YA novels written by traditionally published, big-name authors like James Patterson or Anthony Horowitz or James Frey. I also started reading more adult-oriented novels as well, some by James Patterson, some by Sue Grafton or Michael Connelly, some by other authors.

I first began writing during my freshman year of college, though this wasn’t writing books “in proper.” It was more like very detailed outlining. The laying out of books–outlining them–has always been rather easy for me, and I created very detailed outlines for MANY books beginning during my freshman year. Somehow, though, I never quite found the bravery to put pen to paper (or finger to keyboard) in writing a proper book until one rainy Sunday during my second year of law school. I’m still a master outliner to this day–but since then, I ALSO have been writing books as quickly as the ideas will come to me.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite authors tend to change often–but I will say that as of right now, I heavily favor works by Michael Connelly, Mary Higgins Clark, and C.S. Lewis.

I have three favorite genres: Science Fiction, Mystery, and Fantasy, not necessarily in that order. Nevertheless, I do read quite a bit more Mystery than I do Sci Fi or Fantasy.

As an author, I have to say that I take inspiration from just about EVERYTHING. Real world events, day-to-day life, things that I read, even things that I write. Every book begins with one or more ideas, and ideas can come from anywhere–-at any time.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book–-THE LETHAL LIST–-is also my second published. It is a Young Adult Mystery novel whose primary character is Katelyn Elms.

Katelyn, a seventeen-year-old aspiring investigative reporter, is saddened and shocked by the sudden suicide of her friend Marnie Overton in her Santa Barbara home. Then, after the initial police investigation, Katelyn notices multiple inconsistencies that the cops overlooked—and begins to believe that Marnie was actually murdered by a clever and elusive killer.

Prompted by the insistence of Marnie’s young daughter, Katelyn launches her own investigation and quickly uncovers a disturbing number of buried secrets and lies surrounding Marnie’s final days, including mysterious relationships with a shady district attorney and a womanizing and temperamental boss. Stonewalled by a police force determined to look no deeper into Marnie’s case and unwilling to let a child relitigate the matter, Katelyn presses on with the covert assistance of the Police Chief’s son—who also happens to be the one boy whose affections she has silently pursued for the past three years.

But when her efforts turn up a second questionable suicide, a book of suspects, and a motive to kill with dark ties to a massive underground conspiracy, Katelyn finds that she herself is fast becoming a target for premature death.

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Featured Author Mark Holloway

Featured Interview With Mark Holloway

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Hi, I’m Mark Holloway, a 27-year-old debut fantasy indie author, based in England, UK.

Like most indie authors, I have a day job, where for me personally I work as a scientist. Creative writing, especially fantasy writing, is an outlet for me to break free of the highly technical work I do during my day job, letting me express myself in a way that is almost entirely alien to my professional career.

I live with my wife, and rescue hamster – a half-blind Syrian hamster called Apricot – whose lack of depth perception makes her a terror to handle, but doesn’t stop her from being outrageously cute.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve been reading fantasy since I was about seven or eight. As I child, I suffered quite a lot from insomnia so reading late at night was one of my getaways from the sheer boredom of lying awake for hours on end, waiting for sleep to take me.

I’ve always loved creative writing, but it was something I always shied away from or even felt self-conscious about as a child. It wasn’t truly until the past year that I really started giving myself the time to write properly, and I fell in love with writing once again.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I’ve always loved fantasy, and there are some fantasy authors that as a fan, you cannot escape from their gravitational pull. One of my all time favourite fantasy authors is of course Robin Hobb, who taught me stories didn’t need to have a happy ending, nor did they need to go the way you want them to. Her stories have always lasted with me far beyond what other authors have written.

Outside of fantasy, I also love some of the classics, particularly Dickens and Shakespeare (yes, I can feel the eye rolls from here, but honestly, Othello is one of my all-time favourite pieces of literature). Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is probably my favourite novel, which makes sense, because I’m also a huge Terry Pratchett fan, and the two are sides of the same coin.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
A healer forced to become a killer for an empire that would grind his country to dust.

Years ago, Aspectors protected the land, performing esoteric miracles both wondrous and terrifying. They used their magic connection to the realm of the Aspect to serve the people of their country, healing the sick, and guarding their borders.

Then the Vin Irudur Empire attacked.

Now as soon as Aspectors are discovered, they are ripped from their families and forced into academies run by the empire to be trained as the Vin Irudur see fit.

To Kehlem, Aspectors are a distant legend, of little importance to the town of Barrowheld where he works with his father as a physician. But when an enforcer of the empire is sent to town in search of an Aspector gone rogue, Kehlem finds himself at the very centre of the empire’s attention.

Kehlem must prove himself useful to the empire, but to do so would turn himself into a weapon so sharp, it would cut any that tried to hold him.

The Soul’s Aspect is a coming of age story, in a similar tradition to those presented by Hobb, Rothfuss and Kuang, but with a particular focus on making sure characters face real repercussions for the pigheaded actions that can often occur in these types of books. All in all, The Soul’s Aspect took around 6 months to write, and then a further 6 months to edit and refine.

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Featured Author Sven Nilsson

Featured Interview With Sven Nilsson

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I’m an urban planner currently living in Barcelona. I visited and worked in a dozen of countries, so I do really like to discover new places and cultures. All my living experience at last embodied in a book which I am glad to present now.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I liked to read as long as I remember myself but to write a book is different. It’s my first, but i hope not the last book. Follow me on the pages on my book Downfall and you will discover beautiful Barcelona that you have never heard!

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I like classics like Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky but good phylosophers are welcome too, like Nietzsche for example.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Downfall is an exciting novel about life, carreer ambitions, love, difficulties of adaptation in nice but complicated Barcelona. With the main hero you will discover fantastic hidden places on this sunny city, but its secrets and problems also. You will see by his eyes joyes and pain of the people around him, will sympathize him in his sufferings and rejoice his unexpected love and beautyful moments. The book is full of nice descriptions of places, food, events and reflections.

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Featured Author Susan Beth Miller

Featured Interview With Susan Beth Miller

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Chicago and its northern suburbs. I have lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan since 1969 when I moved there for college, then stayed for graduate school in Clinical Psychology. I got a doctoral degree in psychology and have been a practicing psychologist for many years. At the moment I live in a house with my housemate Mahmoud and my dog, Sylvie, a rescue dog who hails from West Virginia.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I became fascinated with writing at the age of nine. My fourth grade teacher gave the class a creative writing exercise that fully engaged me. I didn’t even get a good grade on it, but I was hooked.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite books are in the literary fiction category though I also read non-fiction at times, especially nature-oriented writing. This last year, I loved reading The Overstory, which spoke to my love of great fiction and my love of nature. I thought it was a terrific book. I’ve also been reading Toni Morrison who is an amazing writer.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My novel, A Beautiful Land, comes out on October 8, 2021–probably past the date of publication for this interview. The novel that was inspired by my wish to try to understand more deeply some of the human dimensions of ethnic violence. It also explores guilt, including guilt in the context of motherhood, and it explores the appropriation of motherhood. The book has multiple settings, but one is a threatening but also protective forest.

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Featured Author C.M. Halstead

Featured Interview With C.M. Halstead

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
When people ask me where I was raised, I reply, “Everywhere!”. I was raised on Air Force bases, not one, multiple. The US Military likes to move their personnel around, that or my parents liked short term stays in various parts of the world and the government allowed them to move around at will. Not.
Who remembers Andy Griffith show and the town they lived in? I tell people that growing up on base was like Mayberry with war. SAC bases during the 1970’s and 80’s were all about paying attention to what USSR was doing and where their military was staging and being prepared for nuclear attack. Everyone knew that if it came to nuclear war both the United States of America and the United Soviet Socialist Republic could make the planet earth inhabitable for humans. The cold war was the epitome of “if you want peace, prepare for war.” It may have taken the movie “War Games” for common culture to realize what military personnel and governments already knew, yet the professional’s knew that all out nuclear war would end the human population. at the dinner table one night when the conversation came up (did nuclear war come up during your dinner table conversations?) that I should not worry, if nuclear war happens, living on SAC base like we do, we will not feel a thing. That is not to say we would survive, or be in a fallout shelter (yes, the base had those, and most base housing had basements), it meant that the nuclear bomb that was aimed at the base would destroy it and everything within 50 miles or so in every direction.
Now, with that knowledge, the threat of life ending war, and the “commies” attempting to infiltrate the base fears you still go about your day to day lives. The base schools were well funded, each base had movies theaters, fast food, commissary for food and other desired goods. Children were free to roam the unrestricted areas of the bases, playgrounds and ball fields were interspersed within the housing areas. Many bases were located near forests, rivers, and other areas to explore. We played with GI Joe action figures, pick up baseball, war with bb guns, and jumped bmx bikes off of wooden ramps and dirt mounds. We played with innocent abandon and the knowledge that we could die in an instant.

Where I live now is one of the few remaining frontiers of the lower 48, or the closest thing we have to it in 2021. It is a high desert area located on the fringes of the largest continuous stand of Ponderosa Pines the United States has. An area created by the push-up of tetonic plates forming a plateau of about 240,000 square miles. Although I live off-grid on acreage containing mostly moenkopi rock and juniper trees, within a couple hours drive I can be playing on mountains, sand dunes, millions of acres of national forests, national parks, blm land, and other unkept spaces. I can see sporting events in big cities and experience the culture of tourist areas and then drive home to the quietest place I’ve lived or worked. As an author I work from home, so home office is standard, not pandemic induced. When I wrote in town, I had to wear sound deadening headphones at all times! I found it hard to create other worlds and work the protagonist’s hero’s journeys whilst the garbage truck going by reminded me it is Tuesday, or all the dogs barking (I had to edit out of my writing, “and the dog barks” way to often.) or….. you get the drift. I know live out in the middle of “nowhere” so I can write and focus without the distracts of town and the humans contained therein. Out here I find uninterrupted thought common, human drama is kept at a distance, and the nights are quiet with only the sounds of our conversation, movie, or football game, not those of our 20 neighbors within a quarter mile. Plus when you maintain a minimalist lifestyle in 2020’s America, it is easy to keep the visitors at a minimum. Quiet and drama free are our visitation requirements. Keep the drama addictions elsewhere.

Pets you ask? Strange enough, even though my life has been highly mobile, pets were common. Every base had a newspaper where ads for “free to a good home” were common. Anything from dogs, cats, lizards, snakes, fish, you name it, could be obtained from a family moving overseas or anywhere that was inconvenient to takes pets with them. Besides, you knew you could get new pets at the new location anyway. Pets, even in stationary life, are one of life’s great lessons on the cycle of life, loyalty, adaptation, responsibility, and reciprocation. We currently have outdoor cats and a giant pound hound mutt of the loyalist kind who’s self imposed job it is to keep all visitors, two legged or four, off the property. Even though I enjoy seeing deer and the like, I am grateful he keeps most of the foxes, coyotes, and other predators at bay. It is one of the reasons he gets the best pet food and the occasional steak.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve always had a fascination with books. As a child it was nursery rhymes and golden books, at some point it morphed to Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew, throughout I also got my hands on my dad’s Longarm books and other western themed stories. Then in 8th grade I discovered Stephen King, I mostly read him and repeat reads of the 100 or so Hardy Boys books I had in my possession. Honestly high school mostly found me reading the required readings of school, the classics all the way back to the Greek’s and the newer lessons of Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, and Huckleberry Finn. The list goes on and is surely more or less the same today. Common cultures (the masses) change slow and the lessons of stories stand the tests of time.

I wrote a few poems, that sort of thing in my teen years, one poem I wrote in my 20’s, between then and my early 40’s all writing was of the business kind. Either writing proposals, refusals, systems and procedures, or emails. I did not allow myself to do what I wanted to do since high school and that was to be a creative writer. Stephen King inspired me to write my stories, to write what I think, to write what comes, not what the judgers and critics of the world say we “should” write.
The biggest catalyst in getting me to start producing as an author was part of my goodnight ritual I had with my son. When he was younger and I tucked him into bed and turned out the lights, I would say, “I love you. You are awesome. You can be anything.” After years of saying this it became hard to deny I was not walking my talk here. I knew I wanted to write and would not allow myself to be the ONE thing I wanted to be. And my life is a history of being anything I wanted to be, and to honest, at times to do things that others thought that I couldn’t do to prove I could. It was time to put up or shut-up, time to walk my talk, time to learn how to be a writer and learn how to write the stories I needed to tell. I put in my notice at work and after a short unsuccessful attempt at the same job in another location, I focused on writing hero’s journeys. It is now seven years later and I am getting warmed up and comfortable in writing my style.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I tend to prefer storytellers or world builders. I do enjoy enough world building to take me out of mine and into what the writer wants me to know. The parts that move the story forwards. Post-apocalyptic sets a tone of “starting over”, being “on your own”, “no civilization”. Time travel sets the tone of lessons of the past or future to learn. Why are we going back in time? to save the world or myself…. Like myself, I enjoy other writers that write adventures, coming of age stories, and situational stories. Stories that put people out of their element to succeed or fail. To test their boundaries and belief systems. To go from walking dead to conscious human. I enjoy stories about the things the politically correct culture refuses to acknowledge. Our shadows, the parts of ourselves that we hide, repress, deny.

i do not have a favorite genre or genres, I enjoy the storytellers in their genre. I find genre searches a hard way to find authors that are story tellers vs world builders. I rely on other readers and their reviews to help me differentiate. Goodreads is becoming my favorite source of new reads. The library the best source. I still prefer print books over digital. Perhaps it is because I write on the computer and have always read on paper.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is a culmination of three November NaNoWriMo’s. I appreciate the support structure of their process, the desire to teach authors to crank out words, and the acknowledgement that flow is what writes novels, not conscious thought. HBD (Here Be Dragons) is a story about the fringes of the map, the areas of culture most deny. The things that many utilize but are unaware of the costs. HBD is a story of internal espionage, serial killers, and hero’s. A story for grown-ups, not just those that got bigger. A story for those that want to get lost in a world that could or could not be real. Male and female hero’s adorn the pages, same goes for the crazier side of things as well. Life is not black and white in the world of spy’s and serial killers, and betrayal is eminent. Who will thrive and who will endure?

Marty Roberts has an opportunity to save the world, not from itself, but from the humans that dominate it. He sits, thinking. Determined to find a solution, no idea how lost he is.
Agent Joanne Clay urgently moves forward in her career, hell-bent on making her reputation and moving on from her family’s. She, a new generation of FBI agent.
Enter a clandestine agency, a psycho or three and the race for power gets violent. A whodunit, full of power and personal struggles. Who will prevail, the young, FBI-backed agent or Marty Roberts, alone and on mission?

From an author perspective, this book is a release from my personal constraints and boundaries, all the protagonists in this book live outside of normal societal constraints. normal is a relative term and the characters here all thrive in their version of normal. the serial killer, the spy, the assassin, the FBI agent, all live by different rules and boundaries. Each believe theirs are the correct ones. Each living by their own ethos and confident in their knowledge that their way is the right way. No matter how much it clashes with another.

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Featured Author Bruce Calhoun

Featured Interview With Bruce Calhoun

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Exploring the woods behind my house when I was growing up in rural Wisconsin, working passage on a tramp freighter, fending off White Tipped oceanic sharks on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, filming lowland gorillas in Africa, capsizing a sailboat in the Bermuda Triangle, mushing sled dogs in Alaska, teaching marine biology in Puerto Rico, visiting the Amazon and founding Save the Rainforest in 1988 are but a few of the highlights in my life. Other highlights include writing an award winning play, an autobiography and my latest novel, Ardennia. Currently I am serving as president of Save the Rainforest and living a rather sedate life in Southwestern Wisconsin with my beloved wife and my dog, Paco.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I fell in love with books in conjunction with falling in love with nature at the tender age of fourteen. Not only did I fall in love with nature, I became enamored of wilderness – especially after reading some Jack London novels. His books had such an influence on me that I went to college at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, where as I already mentioned, I did some dog mushing.

I started writing at sixteen, as I recollect. My first short story was about a hunter getting treed by an grizzly. Little did I dream that some day I would I would have my own encounter with a grizzly – in Glacier National Park. Life mirrors fiction?

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I read a lot of historical non-fiction, but I also love the literary fiction: Cervantes’s DON QUIXOTE is one of my all time favorites; such a favorite that my latest book draws inspiration from Cervantes. I must give honarble mention to the books of Victor Hugo, Leo Tolstoy, Oscar Wilde and John Steinbeck, as well.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
A Cinderella story like no other, my book, ARDENNIA: THE UNLIKELY STORY OF CINDERELL’S PRINCE, is a young adult historical fantasy that captures the magic, brutality and earthiness of the medieval age. It chronicles the many adventures of Cinderella’s prince as he experiences his first joust, undergoes his baptism of fire in the Battle of Paris, is charmed by Cinderella at a masquerade ball, and sets off on a quest to find her after she flees the ball at the midnight hour.

The quest takes him and his folksy mentor, Sir Guy, through strange lands supposedly inhabited by ogres, pixies, hobgoblins, man-eating plants and giants; and peopled by an extraordinary and motley cast of characters that include an epileptic bard, a bean counter who wagers his gold tooth in a dice game, a merchant who can never be too prosperous, a little girl who has a running feud with three bears, pilgrims that argue over who is the most pious and a beggar who has been cursed with leprosy for committing all the cardinal sins. Be on the look-out for a bit of Chaucer-like satire in this adapted fairy tale.

It only took me a couple months to come up with a rough draft of ARDENNIA. It has taken twice as much time to polish it, and get the word out about it. So, if you are reading this – that’s great: And let me just add there are at least seven great reasons for reading ARDENNIA. They are:

7. Robinette the Hood’s cameo
6. The buffoon’s gambit
5. The ironic ending
4. The love affair between Cinderella’s stepmother and the hunchback
3. Sir Guy’s story of the elf and the troll
2. Queen Bernadette’s sagacity
1. Prince Henry’s tete-a-tetes with the 14 ladies who attended

Links to reviews and to purchase the book are on my website.

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Featured Author Julian Demarco

Featured Interview With Julian Demarco

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in both Florida and Michigan, each having its extremes with the weather close to family members in both states. Most of my life was spent living in Florida near the ocean which became my calming tool if I needed to just think. I wanted more for my daughters for opportunities beyond our small town so, we moved to Tennessee. Living in a small town but having big dreams for them and myself was the push to have a better life.

I am a childhood trauma and domestic violence survivor. The abuse started before I was four years old by an uncle by marriage. Later in life, I experienced domestic violence so severe, I knew if I didn’t take the help of my daughter, that the next time would be the last. Leaving was one thing, but the memories of being beaten still looped in my head and diagnosed with Complex PTSD, anxiety disorder, and depression. An article that I read changed my life substantially. I used the techniques described in the article on myself with the second technique being successful. I couldn’t believe it. After suffering for over 40 years with traumas, I felt “normal. With NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming) being so valuable, I started helping my friends overcome their trauma. It led to the pursuit of education to be board certified. If it weren’t for this education later, I would’ve been stuck unable to move.

I had a bad car accident with injuries when an 18 wheel tractor-trailer sideswiped my car with my eldest daughter and three-year-old grandson in the back. My car spun us across three lanes of bumper-to-bumper traffic, although none of them hit us. My car and my body were damaged. Knowing that I needed to get my mind straight, I started going through the techniques, If it weren’t for my training, I wouldn’t have been able to drive us the rest of the three to four hours home.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve always been interested in psychology, started after getting a college textbook when I was ten years old. I wanted to know why people do the things they do. Trying to understand why someone would abuse a little girl just before four years old fueled that interest.

I started writing at about the same time. My mother would read me poems from Longfellow, so I began writing poems first, then short stories after reading my mother’s Reader Digest. I was hooked! I wrote longer stories and even started writing a fictional love story writing three chapters. Obstacles in life got in the way, and my portfolio got lost in our move, so I never finished it

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I like to read various genres from non-fiction such as John Gray Ph.D., and Riso ad Hudson, to fiction like John Sanford and James Patterson with romance novels thrown in between. To choose a favorite, I may lean more towards Patterson, although Steven King’s books are superb.

After reading then re-reading one particular book that I’m sure everyone has read from John Gray, Ph.D. it made a lot of sense to me. I already knew there were differences, and the book delved deeper into the psychology of it all. It was very enlightening to assist in understanding the language and Sociology.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
This book just received the Reader’s Choice for four 5 Star editorial review awards. My book is for those who are suffering after a death, divorce, or a breakup. It is a gently guided step by step book to ease you away from suffering and how to move forward with forgiveness, healing and peace. You may feel broken, lost and falling into depression. Included in this book, are several self help therapies to help you to find yourself again after feeling broken.

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Featured Author Megan Speece

Featured Interview With Megan Speece

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I grew up in Southern Oregon, where my parents still live. My husband and I now live in Northern Washington on an island. It’s pretty much like living in a post card, and I’m always reminding myself how lucky were are to live some place so beautiful. We have two dogs: an 11 year old German Shepherd named Kasumi, and a 7 year old pit mix named Bishop. They are the joy of my days. I work from home, so I get to spend all my time with them and they are the best coworkers I’ve ever had. We also have a hamster named Hamilton. His full name is actually Tiny Rodent Hamilton, and I sing to him to the tune of “Alexander Hamilton” from the musical Hamilton. You’re welcome for the ear worm.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Pretty young. My parents are avid readers, and they read to me every night. I have a fond memory where I had memorized One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and “read” it to them, with the book upside down. By the time I could actually read, we were frequent patrons of the local library. I’m the youngest in my family by a decade, so I spent a lot of time alone. I got lost in the worlds of books. And I loved every minute of it.

I guess I’ve been writing in some form or fashion since elementary school. I spent some energy on fanfiction as a young adult. But I didn’t really start taking it seriously until very recently.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Chuck Palahniuk and Stephen King are my favorites to read. I will pick up a Palahniuk book as soon as I know it exists. I love thrillers and horror, if you couldn’t tell based on my author choices. I have a soft sport for ghosts. I’ve been very inspired by Simone St. James, who introduced me to the dual timelines ghost story. She has a real knack for spooky suspense that I’m trying really hard to emulate, in my own way.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Tranquil Heights is a mixture of Simone St. James’ The Broken Girls and Practical Magic. It’s a ghost story that takes place in an asylum turned boarding school in Washington State, and it takes you on this mystery tour of the past, which informs the ghost story of the present. There’s a lot of emotion built into it, from premature deaths of loved ones, to America’s history of unfair treatment of women. I put a lot of feelings into this work, and I based the main character and her husband off of me and my husband. Katie’s kind of an exaggerated version of my insecurities, the less exciting side of me. Her husband is very skeptical, but also supportive. He’s going to do his best to do what’s best for her, and that’s absolutely who my husband is for me.

I’m someone who hyper-focuses. So I spent all of my free time working on this book. And if I wasn’t actively writing, I was talking about it with my husband. Or I was thinking about what I wanted to write next when I was supposed to be watching TV. I purposefully took weekends off from writing to spend with my friends, and try to avoid burnout, but even then I couldn’t stop myself from thinking about it. Because of this hyper-focus it took me roughly a month and half to write start to finish. It’s on the short end of a novel, it barely makes the cutoff. And it certainly isn’t the epic monoliths that are popular in traditional publishing. But it is a whole and complete story. I’ve always been a succinct writer, and I’m embracing that as my style. I like to think I’ve created a spooky beach read.

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Featured Author Salman Aziz

Featured Interview With Salman Aziz

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
First of all, many thanks to Book Reader Magazine for creating a wonderful platform to promote the literary works of authors. Honestly, I am feeling very honored to be here!
Many people have a curiosity about where I am from! Actually, I was born in Pabna, a small city in Bangladesh. It is my grandma’s hometown. And the most interesting fact is that it is also the birthplace of the legendary actress Suchitra Sen. Though I was born in Pabna, I mostly grew up in Dhaka city. Besides that, I was also raised in my father’s birthplace. But I was in there for few years till the end of my schooling. And the rest of the study, I have done in Dhaka.
Living in a big city like Dhaka is really very exhausting. Here, people are very busy in their life! They often become very mean to achieve their success. And it really annoys me sometimes. But nothing to do, because Dhaka is known as the city of dreams. Here, dreamers come to make their dreams come true.
While talking about my birthplace, I forgot to include that Pabna is a peaceful city. Though I have not been to Pabna too much, I find out peace there. There, people are very hospitable and everywhere is surrounded by the green. The simplicity and friendly mind of people and the fresh nature can attract anyone!

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Fascination with books started when I was in my early crawling days! At that time, I was quite curious about picture books. I got to know it from my mom and my only elder sister. They told me that I crawled over the book and saw the pictures with curious eyes for a long time. That’s why they kept buying new picture books with alphabets for me! As I grew up, my attraction to books developed stronger! And this strong bonding with books leads me to imagine any story in my mind. I can visualize and feel all the characters of any story! I think without this skill no one can be an author!
My writing journey started in my childhood days. I used to participate in any writing competition and took place in people’s hearts. It was really a blessing! My writes published in many local newspapers, magazines, and even in my school magazines. Most of the writes were in my native language Bengali. I could easily express my thought in my mother tongue. But my writing journey in the English language was quite different! Because English is my second language and expressing my thoughts was difficult! If I try to express anything in my way, people take it differently, and somehow, they cannot get my point of view! I am a forever learner! So, I am still learning how I can reach people globally with my thoughts in English well!

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Actually, I do not have any specific favorite authors by genre. I like and respect all the authors and their literary works all over the world. I love those authors especially, those who have their own authenticity. I have seen many authors who just copy the style of other authors which they should not do! I must say all should build up their own individual style when it is about writing.
It may sound awkward if I answer who or what inspires me in my writings! Because every single thing in this world inspires me to make creative works. I know, sounds funny! But it is true! When I walk around, I see the people, things, and circumstances that led me to write something different in an artistic way.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Well, from the title of my newest book “Bold and Bitter Statements: Volume 1” people can guess how the book can be! This book is full of life experiences that I have gathered from different situations. I have learned a lot from those circumstances and decided to share those harsh realities with everyone. When people will get to know my intensive bold words, they will find that those bitter truths are related to their life also. But it depends on people how much they can accept. The book is blended with symbolic pictures and my bitter statements. And the rest of the things hidden inside, people will get to know if they read the book. That’s all I can disclose right now about my book!

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Featured Author James Allocca

Featured Interview With James Allocca

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I grew up in Brooklyn, and now I live in Valley Stream, New York, where I live with my wife and daughter. I have been an Art Director for the last 35 years, designing all sorts of magazines, and having fun doing it!

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I was fascinated with books at an early age. They took me to places that I had never been and opened my eyes to the world. I even wrote some books as a kid that my audience of two parents really enjoyed! But it wasn’t until later in life that I had a solid idea for a book. Something that I thought readers would enjoy.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love science fiction and science fact books. Always a big fan of Jules Verne, HG Wells, Clive Cussler, Kurt Vonnegut, James P Hogan and others. And I grew up reading comics, which influence me to this day. Science Fiction movies have also influenced me through the years.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is The Descendants Of Krag, which is the sequel to Black Saucer. Black Saucer is a standalone book, but my readers suggested that I write a sequel, and they were right! I think that it’s a solid, fun Sci Fi book that I hope everyone is enjoying.

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Featured Author Kristina Gallo

Featured Interview With Kristina Gallo

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am a multi-genre author from Croatia. I am a fan of cats, it fits together with writing.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started writing in my notebook when I was 16. I was often visiting the local library to read as many books as I can.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Agatha Christie. Francoise Sagan. I love thrillers and crime stories. My heroes are women who have strong attitudes.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My current WIP has a place of action in Brazil. I am writing thriller suspense about a dead girl who left a mess behind her. Her death affected the lives of others.

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Featured Author Michael Paul

Featured Interview With Michael Paul

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Hi, my name is Michael. I was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and currently live in the Raleigh, North Carolina area. I moved to Raleigh after leaving the active-duty military. I have a 1.5-year-old golden retriever named Finley who was initially trained as a service dog. I plan to train him as a therapy dog and take him to hospitals and nursing homes post-COVID.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
That’s a good question. I don’t know. But there is a picture of me sitting with a leg crossed and reading a newspaper at a young age. Maybe I was copying my father, but I remember loving to read since my early grades. I was blessed to have excellent English and history teachers in grade school and high school that encouraged and challenged me. Journaling during an illness in the 4th-grade likely developed my love for writing.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis have been mentors for the Cornerstone series of books. Many spiritual, history and fiction authors fill my bookshelves. For fiction, I love to read historical fiction and fantasy.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Cornerstone The King is tagged as ‘Lord of the Rings Meets a Medieval Love Story.’ I attempted to mix historical fiction with epic fantasy at a pace that turns the page and where chapters build upon each other. The top layer of the book is a love story. The other layers include mystery, political intrigue, and spiritual matters.

A fiery bond.
Battles against demons.
Chased by relic hunters, Jeremiah and Jameela evade until confronted by a decision.
What is more important: love or freedom?

Lord of the Rings meets a medieval love story in an epic fantasy quest to return the legendary stone.

Uncover the mysteries behind the bishop’s murder and the queen’s secret.
Witness the climactic ending where Jeremiah makes a terrifying choice.

Will he kill his father to stop a war?

Cornerstone The King

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