About Jessica Rydill: Jessica Rydill writes fantasy and collects Asian Ball Jointed Dolls, or BJD. Many are based on characters from her books. In her spare time she haunts National Trust properties and visits English parish churches in search of Green Men, Shelagh na Gigs and Misericords, and any traces of medieval art or sculpture. Jessica’s novels inhabit a parallel world known as Mir, where shamans have considerable powers, and magic is a part of everyday life. Steam trains and Norman … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Jessica Rydill
Interview with Author – Janna Yeshanova
About Janna Yeshanova: Janna…Every one of her classmates was enchanted with her name, her beauty and her grace. We looked up to her. We lived on the same street in a sunny Soviet Republic, postwar children with wonderful hard working parents. Her mother decorated with medals from WWII to us was legendary. Her mother and father were attorneys…protectors. And suddenly among sunlight, a dark cloud snuck into her life, both parents lost their jobs. Protectors were moved out of the way….those from … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Janna Yeshanova
Interview with Author – JJ Toner
About JJ Toner: I write WW2 spy stories and historical and contemporary detective stories, as well as some Science Fiction. I live in Ireland. What inspires you to write? I love to write the sort of books that I like to read. I haven't succeeded yet, but I'm getting closer... Tell us about your writing process. I take about 3-6 months to outline each book. I use Excel. I also do extensive research, sometimes travelling overseas to check out the details. It takes me 3-9 months … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – JJ Toner
Interview with Author – Lindsey Pogue
About Lindsey Pogue: I'm Lindsey - dyslexic author, humanitarian, world-traveller, and cowgirl at heart. I love history, tacos, and a nice cold gin lemonade on a warm summer night. Sunsets feed my soul, rain calms my spirit, and the heroes of everyday inspire my stories. I completed my first New Adult manuscript in high school and I've been writing tales of love and friendship, history and adventure ever since. When I'm not chatting with readers, plotting my next storyline, … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Lindsey Pogue
Interview with Author – Katy McKay
About Katy McKay: Border Girl is my first novel, although I’ve had articles published in newspapers and magazines. I was told from an early age that I’d be a writer, but I switched my major from journalism to geology. No regrets; it led to adventures in Canada and the US, and then to many happy years teaching science in Arizona. As a Navy brat I’ve always loved being near the ocean, so I retired to Washington’s Olympic Peninsula where I wake up to a water view. I volunteer at an animal rescue … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Katy McKay
Interview with Author – Melina Druga
About Melina Druga: I’m an author, freelance journalist, and history enthusiast. I have writing professionally for nearly 20 years, having begun my career at the turn-of-the-century as a newspaper reporter and copy editor, but I began writing fiction when I was a child. I blog on my website about history, the writing process, author interviews, and historical fiction book excerpts and reviews. I am particularly interested in the period 1890-1920 and how WW1 changed the lives of ordinary … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Melina Druga
Interview with Author – L. Salt
About L. Salt: My pen name is L. Salt and I am an emerging, multi-genre writer from the UK. I studied History of World Culture and did Master’s Degree in Art Expertise at the St. Petersburg University of Culture and Arts. I was born in Belarus and have lived for many years in Ukraine and Russia, then finally settled down in the North of England, where I currently live with my husband. My interest in writing dates back to my teenage years. Apart from creative writing, I have a passion for … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – L. Salt
Interview with Author – Gary L. Pullman
About Gary L. Pullman: I've lived in Virginia, Kansas, California, Alabama, Nevada, and Schweinfurt, Germany. Along the way, I've collected memories of beautiful, accomplished, unusual, or otherwise intriguing persons, places, and things, some of whom and which I've featured in my novels or short stories. I enjoy reading and writing all genres, as my suggest: a historical mystery, a Western, a Viking adventure, a hybrid thriller-romance, a science fiction-horror mix, young adult … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Gary L. Pullman
Interview with Author – Steven LePoidevin
About Steven LePoidevin: I'm originally from Canada where I spent most of my working life teaching mathematics and chemistry, except for a 10-year stint as a professional ceramic artist. Go figure! I guess my brain can't decide which part is in control. After teaching mathematics in China for six years, I retired to Thailand in 2013, where my wife, Nancy, and I lived for the next three years. Since then I have written over 200 articles on retirement and living abroad, mostly for … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Steven LePoidevin
Interview with Author – Carly Rheilan
About Carly Rheilan: Carly Rheilan was born in Malta and lives in the UK. She was educated at Oxford (which she hated and left) and then at Brunel (a small-town technological university where she stayed for a PhD). She is a psychiatric nurse. She has done research into criminal justice and taught in universities. She has children of her own and has also fostered two children with mental health problems. She has worked many years in the NHS. Her novels address issues at the edges of … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Carly Rheilan
Interview with Author – GJ Stevens
About GJ Stevens: GJ Stevens started writing fiction at the age of thirty. He describes his style of writing as popular fiction which usually has some sort of Sci-Fi or paranormal element, but he is on a journey and won’t pigeonhole himself into one genre. Even as a degree level engineer with a large family and a full time career in a serious profession with plenty of adult responsibilities, he has always had an artistic and creative side. After years of self-suppression, the flood gates opened … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – GJ Stevens
Interview with Author – Tonya Duncan Ellis
About Tonya Duncan Ellis: Tonya Duncan Ellis is author of the Amazon bestselling Sophie Washington children’s books series, geared toward readers ages 8 to 12, and she’s a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). Tonya loves to travel and has visited 49 American states, 20 countries, and three continents, but some of her best journeys have been between the pages of a novel. As a girl she could always be found with a book in her hand, and reading is still one … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Tonya Duncan Ellis
