1–What is the title of your latest release? FOLLOW HER DOWN 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Decades of doubt, fear, and suspicion won’t let a woman overcome her past when she returns to the hometown where her teenage sister was killed. A killer finally confessed, but the truth isn’t done with her yet. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I needed to isolate my character (this is always good, mean fun) but I also needed her near Silicon Valley for the plot. In the past few years, I’ve taken a few trips to the Sierra Nevada mountains, and I love the drive to Lake Tahoe, so I created a fictional highway and plopped the story right in the middle of the forest. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely. Elise might intimidate me a bit, but I love her scrappy, damaged heart. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Bold, independent, and vulnerable. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I read a few research books about conspiracy theories, because a conspiracy is at the heart of this story. I learned that certain conspiracies always…

