Author Interviews

Author Interviews

Please enjoy this collection of interviews from authors in the romance genre. They have graciously shared with us tips and insight into their personal writing process. This is a wide range of authors with different backgrounds and stories to tell.

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Author Cait Perez Shares Their Story

About the Author Kathryn Perez is a Ph.D. Student, she is a college level professor, she has skills in Information Technology, Psychology, and Writing. She has lived a diverse and eclectic life from her youth and forward. Writing is something that she has always begun but never completed until she read some very good advice. “Write the book you want to read.” Inspired through reading historic eBooks based in the Scottish Highlands and England, she has found the books she wishes to write. Her dedication to writing comes from the realization that college is expensive. Instead of stacking on her ...

Author Dawn Chandler Shares Their Story

About the Author I grew up in a very small town, about 200 people. I spent my days in the lake swimming and thinking of stories. I enjoy camping, hiking, swimming, drawing and writing. I began to write in middle school though I had to put it aside for many years due to family obligations. My first husband was ill and I had to spend a lot of time taking care of him and working several jobs in order to support the family. When he passed away I lost myself in my writing. I now have one novel published and ...

Author Courtney Hunt Shares Their Story

About the Author Courtney Hunt is a recovering attorney. She lives outside Washington, DC and spent the last seventeen years working for the federal government, buying everything from satellites to copy paper. Courtney met her own Prince Charming (aka the Pilot) in a training class in 2000 and married him two years later. They have one son, Fox, who keeps life fun and full of surprises From the day Courtney snuck her first romance novel (Partners by Nora Roberts) out of her mother’s library bag, she’s enjoyed reading about all the many paths to happily-ever-after. Though she’s always been a ...

Author Eden Claire Shares Their Story

About the Author Author Eden Claire, a/k/a Island Girl, can often be found working hard on her tan, indulging her Thai food addiction, and, singing karaoke. She believes in peace, love, and a hot alpha billionaire for every woman. What inspires you to write romance books? I love writing about love and exploring characters in depth. Romance allows me to write to my skills. I believe exploring love and emotion are my strengths as a writer. Some other genres need a different skill set. Love scenes and scenes where characters are expressing deep emotion are my favorite to write. Also ...

Author Claire Plaisted Shares Their Story

About the Author Claire Plaisted grew up in the small historical town of Sandbach, Cheshire, England with two older siblings and loving parents. At 19 she moved to the town of Colwyn Bay in North Wales and it was from here that her adventures began with her first holiday abroad on her own at age 21. New Zealand was the destination and this is where she met her husband to be and eventually moved to in 1991. Married with four children, sadly losing their youngest child. Claire engages her time in bringing up her children along with family history research ...

Author Diamond Diablo Shares Their Story

About the Author Diamond Diablo has been writing for the last ten years but only now has taken the plunge and actually publishing all of the stories that have occupied her mind for so long. What inspires you to write romance books? I like to create the characters that I want to read about. I know what excites me and gets me hot… so I want to share that. Tell us about how you write: I like to set the mood when I write because I feel it will translate better on paper and therefore give the reader a more ...

Author Bindu Adai Shares Their Story

About the Author Like many first generation Indians, Bindu started college as a pre-med student but eventually diverted from the traditional well-worn path and pursued her love of books and writing. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree (courtesy of all those pre-med classes) and double majors in English and Mass Media, along with a host of accolades, including the President’s Award. She later pursued a master’s degree in English, but her strong writing and people skills eventually led her towards a very non-literary career path in the software industry. But it was in the midst ...

Author Aleena Stark Shares Their Story

About the Author As a military brat, I moved around quite a bit as a child. My home town is a little spec on the map in the middle of Texas. Now, I live in Maryland with my patient, loving husband and a very burdened cat. Every morning, though I’m sure he would love nothing more to sleep in and enjoy a life of leisure, my timid, black cuddler wakes me without fail at four o’clock, often with a triumphant whooping meow having acquired breakfast for me of some poor unsuspecting mammal who could weigh up to and including his ...

Author Andy Lang Shares Their Story

About the Author Andy Lang was born in the north west of England in 1965 and worked in the early years as an engineer in an agricultural manufacturing company, moving from the United Kingdom in the late 1990’s he subsequently spent many years in the entertainment industry in Cataluña, Northern Spain and property sales in Andalucia, Southern Spain, he is currently an Independent Financial Advisor in East Africa. Over the years he has travelled extensively and has lived in Spain, the west of France, Brazil, Kenya and South Africa. He currently lives with his wife and their young son in ...

Author Adrienne Williams Shares Their Story

About the Author I have always had a love for the written word. Particularly when those words are associated with love, romance, and sex. I started reading romance novels probably at around age 13/14. I attended college and went into a field that was the choosing of my family and was not at all my passion. Shortly after that, I got married and settled into life. After a few life events, I decided I need to do what I really love. I’ve always had a way with words, a very active imagination, and a highly creative mind. Writing is the ...

Author Alice Orr Shares Their Story

About the Author ABOUT THE AUTHOR – ALICE ORR www.aliceorrbooks.com Alice Orr has spent most of her work life in publishing in one role or another. She’s been a book editor and a literary agent, a leader of workshops on writing and publishing and a published author. She now lives her dream of writing full time – mostly romantic suspense novels. “Because love and murder are my two favorite plot points,” she says. Alice is the author of thirteen novels, three novellas and a memoir so far. Her fiction has received national awards. Her nonfiction book, No More Rejections: 50 ...

Author Alexis Darlington Shares Their Story

About the Author Alexis Darlington is a good Southern girl with a strong desire to please, her love of writing made the path to becoming an erotica author inevitable. When she isn’t writing she enjoys moonlit walks on the beach and experimenting in the kitchen. She hopes to settle down with a strong man one day who can make all her fantasies come true. What inspires you to write romance books? What could possibly be more inspiring than the feeling of falling head over heels in love? I want to revel in that sensation and help my readers enjoy it ...