Interviews With Novelists

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) I write traditional Regency romance, which is historical romance in a style similar to Jane Austen. I currently have two books available in all formats: Two in the Bush, about a widow who falls in love with her daughters suitor; and Romance of the Ruin, about a girl who …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hello! I’m Daisy Knox, romantic suspense author. My book, Go For Broke, was just published in 2021 and I hope it’s the first of many. Tell us about the characters and relationships in your stories The main character, Cady, is 23 and has really bad luck with guys so …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) My name is Serenity Snow, and I’m an author of both contemporary romance and fantasy or speculative fiction. Tell us about the characters and relationships in your stories I like to write about women who have been emotionally wounded or carry childhood traumas. They are afraid of getting close …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) My name is Elias McClellan and I write crime. I have a heist-caper book with the editor now that I hope to have out by summer. I’m hip-deep in revisions on my cop-turned-cartel enforcer book. I’m outlining a third book. Tell us about the characters and relationships in your …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) My name is Sarah Monzon and I am a stay-at-home mom and military wife. Both of those titles come with their own set of rewards and obstacles, as I’m sure you can imagine. When I’m not busy wrangling the kids (or the husband! haha), I’m trying to lasso my …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) My name is Verena Key. I live and work in a small German village, with a river nearby, and remnants of a medieval fortress on the hill, surrounded by vineyards and a forest… In other words, I don’t have to walk too far in search of inspiration. I have …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hi. I’m Jeevani. I wrote multicultural romcoms and women’s fiction. Also write less multicultural romance under the name Rhoda Baxter. I’m a microbiologist by training (so what better pen name, than the bacterium I used to work on ‘Rhodobacter’). I live in the UK, where I write books, wrangle …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) I write historical romance from home while my four-year-old and two-year-old run around me (with help from my partner). In my past lives, I was a wedding photographer, a high school English teacher, and an academic / adjunct professor who specialized in medieval and Renaissance literature. I picked up …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) I’m Betsy St. Amant (Haddox), and I write contemporary romance novels that fall somewhere between regular romance and rom-coms. I love infusing my stories with hope and humor, and creating witty banter between my characters. I’m sarcastic by nature, so it overflows! I’m an author by night, but by …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s)  I am an International Best-Selling Author on Amazon and I have attended 31 book signings and 5 Book Tours. My books have landed on 23 different Amazon Best Seller lists in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. My stories are translated in several different languages (Spanish, English, Portuguese). …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) My name is J’nell Ciesielski and I’m a bestselling historical romance author. I live in Virginia with my husband, daughter, and our very lazy but equally adorable beagle, Daisy. My novels are set during the Great War and WWII and feature characters finding out who they truly are when …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) My name is Barbara Elsborg. I live in Kent in the south of England. I always wanted to be a spy, but having confessed to everyone without them even resorting to torture, I decided it was not for me. Volcanology scorched my feet. A morbid fear of sharks put …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) I’m Clarissa Harwood, author of three historical novels: Impossible Saints, Bear No Malice, and The Curse of Morton Abbey. My novels feature strong women trying to find their place in a world that is often hostile to them. These books are also love stories, showing characters trying to navigate …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) I once had a career in polling and market research that left me with lots of time on planes and in hotels, which I filled by reading Xena: Warrior Princess fanfiction. It was addictive! I’d never been much of a romance reader, chiefly because I didn’t see myself in …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hello! My name is Alexander Elliott, an indie author living in the USA’s upper Midwest. When I’m not busy writing, you’ll find me reading, cooking, giving to charity, or keeping up with my family. I love chocolate, insist on sending birthday cards, and consider myself an old-school Star Trek …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) I’m author Joe Cosentino, winner of the Divine Magazine Readers’ Poll for Favorite Mystery Author of the Year with Drama Queen, the first (of 15) Nicky and Noah mystery novels. I’ve written 31 novels so far, causing my mother to ask me, “Don’t you have anything better to do …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hi there! I’m Rebekka (R.K.) Hart, a fantasy author and educational technology specialist living on Ngunnawal land in Australia. I’m married, and have two young children and a feline fur baby. My debut novel and first in the Death Dreamer Legacy series, To Dream of White & Gold, was …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hello! I’m Nadine and I live in the Central Belt of Scotland. I’ve been a published author since 2020, The Year of Our Plague. My books are often based in Scotland and are either science fiction/dystopian or paranormal fantasy. Whatever the genre, there’s always swearing and sexy bits so …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hey there, my name is Melanie Pickering and I write Australian urban gothic thrillers and other genre-mashing novels that all have relationships and romance at their core. My novella Adrift can be found in the romance anthology Mermaid Kisses, and I’ve just released my debut in late 2021 – a young adult …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hi, I’m Rita Lee Chapman and I live in Queensland,Australia. I have self-published seven books – four in the Anna Davies Mystery Series, a book for horse lovers from teenagers upwards Winston – A Horse’s Tale, and two crime mysteries, The Poinciana Tree and Dangerous Associations. I am an …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) I am an Aussie author with an American mom and an English dad who considers all three countries ‘home’. A lifelong and passionate traveller, many of my books are inspired by my travel adventures and my real-life ‘meet cute’, meeting my partner, Ben, in Santorini as we were about …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) My name is Caitlin Moss. I am the author of three contemporary romance/women’s fiction novels: The Cracks Between Us, Not Mine to Love, and Sixteen Summers. I am a wife and mom of three and reside in the PNW. Tell us about the characters and relationships in your stories …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) My name is Nicole Banks. I am a native New Yorker who loves cats, ice coffee, warm water, and yoga. I’ve been writing since as long as I can remember and music has always  fueled it. I Deliver Sinful Delights with a dash of suspense and a little darkness …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) My name is AJ Ryder, and I am a romance author. My specialties are fantasy romance as well as paranormal romance. I love world-building and getting creative with lore and characters, which is undoubtedly a direct result of my playing D&D. Tell us about the characters and relationships in …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hi!  I’m Laurie Larsen, an author of over 20 books.  I specialize in romance novels that feature an inspirational faith journey.  Although I generally set my books on the beautiful coast of South Carolina (Pawleys Island, Murrells Inlet), my current series is called Big Apple Blessings and takes place …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hi. I’m Susan Griscom, and I write primarily contemporary and paranormal romance. I began my writing career out of boredom after I retired in my 50s. My mind seemed to be crying out for something that required more thinking than quilting, gardening, and reading. I still like to do …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hey, relationship lovers! I’m Jennifer Lane, psychologist and author (psycho author). I write sports romance and romantic suspense with a psychological twist. My latest release is Rivals, a romance between coaches from rival universities, and my Blocked trilogy also explores the transformation from hate to love. Completing my collection is …

  Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hi, I’m KC. I am originally from Virginia and now reside in Florida. I found myself coming up on the ripe age of fifty when my marriage fell apart. Like many others, I felt my life was over. I would never find love, and was destined to grow …

    Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hello! My name is Delaney Diamond and I’m the USA Today Bestselling author of more than 40 sensual contemporary romance novels and fast-paced romantic suspense novels. My hobbies are cooking, traveling, and watching way too much Netflix. All of my stories contain characters of diverse cultures and …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) As a LGBTQ+ author, I feel a great responsibility to create characters that create greater representation in the broader literary community. Having been blessed with numerous awards for my work, it is my greatest hope that those books resonate with a wide variety of people. I’ve often joked that …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hello! I’m a long-time actress and audiobook narrator and published my first novel, what I call a “nostalgic romantic comedy” in June of 2020. This series, set in Boston in the 1980’s is now complete (and available in all formats including audio, everywhere books are sold). I’m working on …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hello! I’m Molly Ringle, and I live in the Pacific Northwest with my family, which includes a corgi. I’ve written something like a dozen books, but the one I’ll talk about today is my recent release, Lava Red Feather Blue. It’s a queer love story (a male/male Sleeping Beauty …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Born in rural England, I’m a novelist who lives, writes, and gardens in the North Carolina forest. (I think of myself as a Southern Brit!) My passion is for creating stories about the impact of mental illness on relationships through characters who chip away at stereotypes. I have five …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) I write contemporary romance that crosses into women’s fiction. My work focuses on not just a developing love story but friendship, family and other critical relationships in life. I have been writing for two years and have published two books and one short story with several more in the …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) I’m Cami though I write under two pen names (CL Walters and Maci Aurora). I’ve published seven books under the CL Walters pen name and am busy at work on the first for Maci Aurora. Both contain character-driven explorations into relationships with threads of romance, and the difference between …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hello and thank you so much for having me! My name is Melissa Cummins. I have been writing Paranormal Romance for the last five years. Writing is something that has always been very near and dear to my heart. I love writing characters who fall in love and grow …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hi, I’m Linda Broday and I’ve been publishing Historical Western Romance novels for twenty years. I love writing about people in the 1800s–the settlers, the fortune hunters, the ones simply looking for abetter life and those who just want to start over fresh. The American frontier offered all that …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hello! I’m A.D. Ellis. I’m a mom of two teens, an educator of twenty-three years, and an author of seven years and over fifty titles. I live in central Indiana and teach in the inner-city of Indianapolis. I started writing romance in October 0f 2013, published my first title …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) I’m Glynnis Campbell, a USA Today bestselling author of swashbuckling “medieval action-adventure romances,” mostly set in Scotland, with over two dozen books published in six languages. Tell us about the characters and relationships in your stories My books feature brilliant and empowered heroines–whether that means brandishing a sword, cultivating …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) I’m Kayelle Allen. I’m a science fiction author and a US Navy veteran. I’m married,mom to three grown children and a grandmother to five. I write Science Fiction and Space Opera, Science Fiction Romance, Fantasy, Contemporary, and non-fiction. I’ve been published since 2004 and have over twenty books. I’m …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) I write historical fiction set mainly in the part of Scotland where I live: Aberdeenshire. It centres around little known historical events such as a witchcraft panic and the mass kidnapping of children and young people. All my books include romantic relationships and strong friendships. Tell us about the …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hi, I’m Maya Tyler. I’m a coffee-drinking, avid-reading, paranormal romance novel author. I enjoy listening to music and going to rock concerts. I also love live musical theatre. To keep fit, I walk and do yoga daily. It’s good for the body and the soul. Being a published author …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hello! My name’s JC Calciano, and I’m a filmmaker, author, and podcaster. My career started in the ’80s as a music video director, and for years after that, I worked as a producer in Hollywood. In my mid-forties, I decided to make a change. Rather than producing, I decided …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) My name is Christina Tetreault, and I am a USA Today Best Selling author of 27 romance novels. I wrote my first book at the age of 10 on my grandmother’s manual typewriter and never stopped. Born and raised in Lincoln, Rhode Island, I have lived in four of the six …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) I am a romance author who writes from Alberta, Canada. The winters here are long and cold, and they are just perfect for writing! I write sweet romance, which means that these are stories about people falling in love and navigating new relationships, but the intimacy level on the …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hello! I’m Cait Marie, a young adult/new adult multi-genre author, who loves love. I write everything from fantasy to contemporary fiction to sci-fi, but the one common theme is the importance of relationships (romantic, platonic, and familial). My books always include romance, and I guarantee a happily ever after …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) Hi, I’m Fiona Lowe, an Australian author and I write contemporary fiction that explores the messiness of life, relationships and family.  Tell us about the characters and interpersonal relationships in your stories I write issue-based books about family and community, usually from women’s point of view, although not always. …

Please introduce yourself and your book(s) My name is Karen A. Wyle, and I write a bewildering variety of books: historical romance, afterlife fantasy, near-future SF, other-planet SF, and picture books (illustrated by some terrific artists). I wanted to be a novelist from an early age, sometime before I turned ten, but took a multi-decade …