Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match” where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present Ginny Kubitz Moyer!   Writes: To me, historical fiction is the closest thing to time travel. I adore writing novels that capture the unique flavor of a particular time and place, and it’s a joy to take readers with me into the past. A GOLDEN LIFE moves from Hollywood in 1938 to the Napa Valley, immersing readers in the clothing, design, music, and movies of the era. It’s the story of Frances, a secretary for a movie studio, who takes a trip with her boss to find a reclusive ninety-year-old stage actress whose life is the subject of their upcoming film. Emotional journeys ensue, for everyone involved.   About: I’m a California native who is fascinated by the history of my home state. It doesn’t show up very often in historical fiction, so I’m doing what I can to change that! My first novel, The Seeing Garden, takes place on a grand estate on the San Francisco Peninsula in 1910, and my new novel,…

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE SEEING GARDEN 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? It’s a coming-of-age story about a young woman in 1910, set on a big country estate on the San Francisco Peninsula. Think Downton Abbey in California! 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Actually, the setting came before anything else.  I was visiting the Filoli Estate in Woodside, California, which is a beautiful home set in glorious formal gardens, and I just couldn’t stop thinking about who would live in such a place. I later learned that the Peninsula had dozens of estates like that in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, when wealthy San Franciscans built their country homes south of the city.  The idea just grew from there. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Yes, absolutely. Catherine is caught between two worlds – the bohemian life she had as a child with her artistic parents and the more staid, upper-class lifestyle she’s had for the past eleven years. The contrast makes her a fascinating person, and it means that she’s trying to figure out who exactly she is and…