1— What is the title of your latest release? PLAY OF SHADOWS   2— What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A swashbuckling fantasy in which a misbegotten troupe of actors stumbles upon a hundred year old secret that spark a revolution in their once-peaceful city.   3— How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I wanted the setting for Play of Shadows to be a city that I’d want to visit myself, to marvel at its baroque architecture while strolling down bustling boulevards and across its beautiful canals, visiting magnificent theatres and operas, and, of course, steering clear of its many dark alleys filled with pickpockets, jackblades, alley-rats and murderers. Jereste is a kind of fantastical Venice in which both the wonders and dangers are magnified tenfold.   4— Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Damelas Chademantaigne is the sort of fellow you can’t help but both admire and want to shake all at the same time. He counts himself a coward, yet often gets himself in trouble sticking up for those worse off than himself. He’s loyal and tenderhearted, but sometimes in need ot a good smack to…