1–What is the title of your latest release? SWIPED 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Everyone she dates, dies! It’s the story of newly single Gwen Turner, who hits the dating apps hard after a messy break-up. But when she matches with a serial killer, her dates start turning up dead, she finds herself the chief suspect in a murder investigation. Can she figure out who the real killer is they reach her ex? 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? The novel is set in the seaside town of Eastbourne on the south coast of England in the middle of January. An off-season seaside resort is always atmospheric and a bit creepy, because no tourists about, and the locals are extra grumpy! 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Yes! Gwen is super-fun, even when she’s running away from serial killers! Although, like Detective Lyons in the book, she might prove too much of a handful for me eventually. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Impulsive, sarcastic, kind 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? It’s strange, but I think it’s only when you finish writing…

1–What is the title of your latest release? WALK THE DARK 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? An intimate and empathetic portrayal of the imprisoned, Walk the Dark goes behind the walls of a maximum-security prison in upstate New York, and into the life of a man who was convicted of murder when he was just seventeen years old. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I taught for two years in Auburn Prison, and always thought I’d set a book inside the prison, which is one of the oldest maximum-security prisons still in use in the U.S. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Maybe. I’d certainly enjoy talking with him. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Scarred, lonely, decent. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? That I had to dig deep into my own life to understand this character. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I wait until it’s done. 8–What’s your favorite foodie indulgence? Chocolate. 9–Describe your writing space/office! I write with a MacBook Air, at the end of an old leather couch, in our den….

1–What is the title of your latest release? JOE NUTHIN’S GUIDE TO LIFE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Joe Nathan is a neurodivergent young man who lives with his mum Janet. She’s done her best to help him become independent and she’s written two books for him: the blue book of advice (the practical stuff) and the yellow book of advice (guidance on stuff like love, friendship and fighting). Joe is surrounded by a small cast of characters who love and look out for him, but Mean Charlie at work calls him Joe-Nuthin and Joe makes it his mission to make Charlie like him. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? When the idea of Joe Nuthin first came to me, Joe’s workplace was going to be a huge factory, but I liked the thought of him being in a bright superstore. I knew the light and the way the store is organized around a mosaic of a compass in the center of the store would appeal to Joe’s OCD. I knew he’d thrive on keeping the shelves tidy and returning the “go-backs” – trolleys full of items that have been put…

MURDER ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA takes Kitty and her husband, Captain Matthew Bryant out of their usual stamping ground of 1930s Devon and plunges them into Nice. Set in 1936, the world is changing rapidly. King George V died earlier that year, Italy has invaded Ethiopia, Germany is on the move. There is civil unrest in Spain and France has just had a general election. Kitty and Matt are dispatched to Nice to meet an agent working for the British Government. They are to collect some vital documents and return home whilst under the guise of enjoying a restful holiday in the historic French City, not too far from the Italian border. The agent is found dead, and the papers are missing sending Kitty and Matt on a mission to recover the documents, find a murderer and return to London. The mystery takes them all around Nice and many of the lovely places described in the book can be visited today. They stay at one of the oldest hotels in Nice, the Hotel Negresco, you can go for tea or dinner and examine the fabulous works of art inside the hotel. Another place featured in the book is the Russian…

They say Nantucket means “the Faraway Land” in the language of the Wampanoag people. It’s 30 miles out at sea from Cape Cod, a tiny curve of land with over a hundred miles of coastline. It feels like the whole island is wrapped in beaches, all windswept dunes and white-crested waves and rambling roses. It’s a beautiful place, but I’m not sure I belong here. My father does. He’s a historian, writing a book about nautical cartography, and so he lives half in the past, unbothered by the countless wealth and privilege belonging to the other people who come here for the summer. He spends his days on a sailboat recreating old maritime techniques. He’s been coming to Nantucket for years to research his latest book, and this time — against my wishes — he’s brought me. I’m Jordan Edelman, seventeen years old, and I belong in cities and thrifted moto jackets and combat boots. I feel like I’ve been plucked out of my normal life and dropped in a land of pastels and seersucker, Alice down the rabbit hole, Dorothy in Technicolor Oz. I don’t know what to do here, in this town of blooming hyacinths and elegant grey…

1–What is the title of your latest release? CANDLELIGHT BRIDGE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? In 1910, twelve-year-old Candelaria Rivera and her family flee across the Chihuahuan Desert to America to escape the rising storm of the Mexican Revolution. Meanwhile, twenty-year-old Yan Chi Wong flees the Chinese Revolution and a shattering loss, also bound for America, where he’s nicknamed Yankee. They meet in El Paso, Texas, where they struggle to make a home in a world that does not want them, until a terrible desire threatens to destroy their lives. Candlelight Bridge is not a romance but a tale of grudging partners struggling to survive the American Dream. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Candlelight Bridge takes place in southern China, northern Mexico, San Francisco, and primarily El Paso. Those locations were decided by family history. My Mexican Chinese grandma raised me, and my novel was inspired by the family stories she used to tell me: tales of secret immigrants and their mixed-race children, of loyalty and betrayal, and of trauma that gets passed like a torch from generation to generation. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? One thing I love about my protagonist is that…

You never know where an idea for a book will come from. Furthermore, you never know when you’ll be ready to write it. My latest novel, SUMMER FRIDAYS, was inspired by a moment I once witnessed over two decades ago in New York City. It happened in October of 2001, when I was riding the subway in Manhattan. Less than a month earlier, the city had been rocked by the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and New York was very much reeling with a devastating mixture of shock and grief. I suppose in general this was always going to be a memorable time to be living in New York – everybody in the city, if not everybody on the planet, felt the historical weight of what had just happened in September when the towers came crashing down. And yet, the memory that sparked my eventual novel was actually rather simple in nature: It involved a mysterious interaction between two people. In the weeks that followed 9/11, people in New York were still putting up missing posters, still looking for loved ones whose fate had not been confirmed. I remember I was riding the train that day, staring at a missing flier…

Book Title: RESLIENT – Portrait of a Woman #1 Character Name: Zoe Robinson   How would you describe your family or your childhood? My childhood was so much fun. I was a flyer on our cheerleading squad, and that’s where I met my best friends, Tiffany Eisenhower, Harmony Jones, and Morticia Smith. Over twenty years later, and we’re still best friends, lifting each other up and supporting each other every step of the way.   What was your greatest talent? I’m really good at cooking. I started as a caterer, but now I have bigger aspirations. I want to be a party planner.   Significant other? My ex-husband, Max Robinson, was Mayflower’s pride and joy fire chief. Hitting a mid-life crisis, he decided after four children and twenty years of marriage that he didn’t want to be a husband or a father anymore. He left us to go backpacking across the US and find himself. I went straight from my parents’ house to his, so I’ve never been on my own until now. I’m not allowed to have a mid-life crisis because one of us has to be responsible and take of our family.   Biggest challenge in relationships? Giving…

1–What is the title of your latest release? LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A fake relationship, a messy family, career swerves and summer on Cape Cod. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? This is the third book in my Wellfleet series, so staying on Cape Cod was a natural. My family has a house on the Cape, and it’s my favorite place on earth. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Of course! I love her. I want to be her. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Kind, brave, twin. I do love me a twin. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I always learn stuff while writing, whether it’s facts or lessons in humanity. Factually, I learned a lot about medicine, which is a great interest of mine. Humanity-wise, I learned that there are times when, no matter how great the desire to have or do something, you need to leave some things behind in order to find what you’re really looking for. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I edit…

1–What is the title of your latest release? ELEPHANT AND CASTLE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? An American travel writer returns to London hoping for a second chance romance with her rock star ex. But as her ex’s best friend shows her around the city, she starts to think less about her first love and more about his down-to-earth best mate. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I came up with the idea for the book when I was nineteen and had just returned from studying in London. It took me years to actually finish writing, but I LOVED London and really wanted to write a love story set there. Even as I was working on other projects, I had the London book in the back of my mind. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely! Nora has a big heart, even if she’s sometimes a little frazzled. We’d get lost though, since we both have a terrible sense of direction. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Adventurous. Dedicated. Joyful. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I learned what it means to be…