AM: Heather, thanks for doing this interview about Midnight at the Blackbird Café, a novel about Anna Kate, who finds herself back in Alabama upon her grandmother’s death. I’m curious how someone from Massachusetts who lives in Ohio decided on Alabama as the setting for this book. And for the readers’ sake, I’ll point out […]
Allen Mendenhall Interviews Marjorie Herrera Lewis, Author of “When the Men Were Gone”
August 21, 2019 by Leave a Comment
APM: Marjorie, so happy we get to chat about When the Men Were Gone, your novel that features protagonist Tylene Wilson, a teacher during World War II who winds up coaching a high school football team. There’s a sort of A League of Their Own vibe to the book. When did you think up this […]
Allen Mendenhall Interviews Susan Cushman, Author of “Friends of the Library”
June 27, 2019 by Leave a Comment
AM: Susan, so glad we get to do this interview. Friends of the Library is your latest book, a collection of short stories. This is the fifth book you’ve published in just two years. What’s going on? How have you become so productive? SC: Hi, Allen. Thanks so much for the opportunity to chat. And […]
Allen Mendenhall Interviews Andrew Lawler, Author of “The Secret Token”
June 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
AM: Andrew, thank you very much for doing this interview on the occasion of the paperback release of The Secret Token, which is about the so-called Lost Colony of Roanoke. I remember learning about Roanoke in the third grade and the amazement I felt when I realized there was this mystery that had never been […]
Allen Mendenhall Interviews Kimmery Martin, Author of “The Queen of Hearts”
March 28, 2019 by Leave a Comment
AM: Thanks for the interview, Kimmery. You’re a medical doctor by training, correct? What kind of practice? And how did you manage to find the time to pen this novel, which, given its plot that involves medical school and residency, as well as its hospital settings, could only have been written, I think, by someone […]