AM: The paperback release of Border Child appears to be timely, Michel, in light of the separation of families that’s occurring right now at the Mexican border [editor’s note: this interview took place in early July]. I’m sure you’re getting all kinds of interview requests. I appreciate your time. Where did the idea for the […]
Allen Mendenhall Interviews Wendy Wax, Author of “Best Beach Ever”
June 20, 2018 by Leave a Comment
AM: Thanks, Wendy, for the interview. Our readers are no doubt familiar with your Ten Beach Road series. Best Beach Ever is the sixth and latest novel in that series, which began in 2011. How do you stay so productive? WW: Thank you, Allen. As counterintuitive as it sounds, I think motherhood helped me become […]
Allen Mendenhall Interviews Colleen D. Scott, Author of “Everybody Needs a Bridge”
March 7, 2018 by Leave a Comment
AM: Thanks for doing this interview, Colleen. Your first novel is Everybody Needs a Bridge, which you describe as a “work of fiction inspired by actual events.” It follows the story of Erin, a young girl in Alabama who’s growing up roughly a generation after the Civil Rights Movement. You might call it a bildungsroman […]