1–What is the title of your latest release? SPACE COWBOY 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Something is alive on Aletha 3, something that shouldn’t exist, and it’s up to 16-year-old cowhand Travis McClure to stop it before it kills again. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I’ve been a volcano fiend since before I could read. It just seemed natural to set this novel on a planet that is covered with dormant cinder cones and lava fields. (If you’ve ever been to Idaho’s Craters of the Moon State park, you will get the idea) 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely. Basically, he is me when I was sixteen – except I was stuck on Earth! 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Stubborn. Resilient. Questioning. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I had to do quite a bit of research into genetic manipulation and retro-engineering extinct lifeforms from existing genes. And, surprisingly, I learned a lot about my relationship with my own dad and with my kids. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? Both. I start…

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 as a reader you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present Katie Delahanty! Writes: I write both adult women’s romantic fiction and YA. My latest novel INCOGNTIO, is the second book in my dystopian YA “Keystone Series” about a teenage Influencer who fakes her death to join a secret society of thieves who are stealing analog history before dark forces can forever alter the past. INCOGNTIO reunites teens-with-a-crush Elisha and Garrett when they are both asked to steal the same object from Andy Warhol’s Time Capsules. Pitted against each other, they must figure out who they can trust—and if they can trust each other—as they unravel a conspiracy that has the power to re-set history. About: I’m a former fashion and lingerie designer who’s career almost came to a crashing halt when Google accused me of selling “Mail Order Brides” (long story, we can talk about it over dinner on our first date). Having been banned from AdWords for life, I started a fictional blog as an alternative way to drive traffic to my employer’s website. That blog…