It’s impossible for me to read the entirety of every book by every author featured in this series before the interview runs. But sometimes, the planets align, and in the case of Jennifer Fawcett‘s eerie debut, Beneath the Stairs, I’m glad they did. This book has been called creepy, unsettling, and thrilling, and I’d agree…

Of all the authors and artists I’ve interviewed (I’m approaching 100 soon!), Carolyne Topdjian holds the record for most interesting author photo. Knowing what I now know about her debut novel and her haunted house (keep reading, please!), the photo makes sense. That debut novel, The Hitman’s Daughter, released a few days ago, and already…

Elizabeth Sumner Wafler is another author whose path I crossed because of Women’s Fiction Writers Association (WFWA). She’s an active member of the organization and has a very specific want for the characters she crafts. She says, “I want you imbued with a sense of hope and possibility–with the magic that can happen when someone…

Vintage clothing has always fascinated me, but not the way it has author Sandra L. Young, whose debut novel, Divine Vintage, was inspired by it! In the story, main character Tess Burton opens a boutique—Divine Vintage—and finds an Edwardian trousseau gown that “opens her mind to channel the prelude to a century-old murder.” If that’s…

Author Rochelle Bradley and I go way back. Okay, well maybe not that far back, but I met her (in person!) shortly after participating in (and becoming a fan of) National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Rochelle’s Fortuna, Texas, series is contemporary romance that readers absolutely love. One reviewer wrote of the first book in the…