1–What is the title of your latest release? IN THE HOUR OF CROWS 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A woman in Appalachia can talk the death out of the dying and she uses her gift to solve the murder of her cousin. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? My stories usually have a Southern setting. It comes natural to me since I was born and raised in Tennessee. When I started researching Appalachian folklore, I knew the mountains was where I wanted to set my story. But the Appalachian Mountains sprawl up the east coast, hitting twelve states. Narrowing down to just one was a little harder. Even as a native Tennessean, Georgia felt more right for the story. The towns I write about are always fictitious, loosely based on a certain area I’ve focused on. The same goes for this book: “Black Fern, Georgia. Where death shrouds with a heavy hand.” 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? If I were in my twenties, I think I would. I didn’t smoke weed or drink whiskey at twenty-three like my main character, but I had friends who were…