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 […]
Claire Hamner Matturro Interviews Lisa Patton, Author of “Rush”
May 8, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Rush is a gentle literary novel of the New South involving a diverse group of freshmen co-eds adjusting to college life, facing new challenges, and rushing sororities, each hoping to become members of Alpha Delta Beta. When the sorority sisters and pledges learn that their beloved African-American housekeeper has been denied a promotion due to […]
Niles Reddick Interviews River Jordan, Author of “Confessions of a Christian Mystic”
April 11, 2019 by Leave a Comment
NR: River, congratulations on another wonderful release. My review was positive and it looks like from your growing list of endorsements, including Rick Bragg, Joshilyn Jackson, Southern Living, and more, that this will be successful like your previous books. To what do you attribute your success (other than your excellent writing ability)? RJ: The writing ability […]
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 […]
David Salvage Interviews Poet Celia Bland
March 26, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Celia Bland is the author of YA biographies of Indigenous leaders Osceola, Pontiac, and Peter MacDonald (Chelsea House), and has published three collections of poetry: Soft Box (Cavankerry, 2004); Madonna Comix, a collaboration with artist Dianne Kornberg (William James, 2014); and Cherokee Road Kill, with pen and ink drawings by Kyoko Miyabe (Dr. Cicero, 2018). She is co-editor, with Martha Collins, […]