1–What is the title of your latest release? MAGDALENA 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A woman seeks to heal her maternal grief through a secret obsession with the girl next door, and together they confront ghosts real and imagined in this hauntingly poignant novel. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? The secluded, foggy peninsula I had in my mind was so specific, I had to fictionalize it. I placed it in Northern California and named it ‘Sam’s Town’ (after a song from my favorite band, The Killers). 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? I love peculiar people—maybe because they give me the freedom to be my most peculiar self—and so yes, I would hang out with Dottie. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Now that you already know she’s peculiar—she’s also restless, inquisitive, and intuitive. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I learned that my role as a mother had changed with my kids becoming adults, and writing this novel helped me through the transition into a new phase of life. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally…