Book Title:  BLACK BIRD Character Name:   Nik Byron   How would you describe your family or your childhood?  I’m the oldest of three, my other two siblings being a twin brother and sister. Only separated by one year, we were close, both chronologically and emotionally. As the oldest, it fell to me to organize activities and adventures for us as we grew older. We lived in a remote area of Michigan and the Great Lakes were our front yard. In the summertime, we swam, sailed, fished, and camped on the beach. In the fall, it was team sports, hunting and cutting wood to heat our home. In the winter, it was hockey, ice fishing, tobogganing and snowshoeing. Our parents were busy with their own lives — our father was a captain on a Great Lakes freighter and our mother a schoolteacher — and took a hands off approach to child rearing. With the exception of an occasional broken arm, busted front tooth or black eye, It worked pretty well all in all. It certainly made the three of us independent at a very early age.   What was your greatest talent?  Extracting my sibs from sticky, sometimes threatening, situations after blindly…

1–What is the title of your latest release? FRIENDLY FIRE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Newshound reporter Nik Byron races to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of Geoffrey Tate, one of the world’s richest individuals and the CEO of Yukon, the country’s preeminent AI company, at the hands of his young trophy wife. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? When writing about intrigue, double-dealing, espionage, smarmy politicians and investigative reporting, the go-to setting is Washington, DC, where I once lived and worked. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely (and I feel like I do most days). 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Charming, flawed, determined. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? Listen to your characters. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I constantly edit and revise. 8–What’s your favorite foodie indulgence? Anything salty – Cape Cod potato chips, popcorn and salty caramel ice cream. 9–Describe your writing space/office! It’s a converted sleeping porch in a 100-year-old house with three walls of windows and limestone mined from a local quarry. The other wall is bookcases….