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Interview: Pam Lewis, author of Speak Softly, She Can Hear

Mar 4, 2005

March 4, 2005

Bookreporter.com's Suspense/Thriller Author Spotlight Team (Carol Fitzgerald, Joe Hartlaub and Wiley Saichek) interviewed Pam Lewis, author of SPEAK SOFTLY, SHE CAN HEAR. Lewis reveals which elements of her debut novel are based in truth and explains why she decided to write a book set in the 1960s and 1970s. She also discusses the authors who have influenced her writing and the challenges of producing novels as opposed to short fiction.

Interview: Elizabeth Flock, author of Me & Emma

Mar 4, 2005

March 4, 2005

Bookreporter.com Co-Founder Carol Fitzgerald and contributing writer Shannon McKenna interviewed Elizabeth Flock, author of ME & EMMA. Flock discusses the inspiration behind her second novel, the heart-rending research necessary to realistically portray childhood trauma, the alluring charms of the South, and how her journalism skills have helped her in her fiction writing.

Interview: Richard Montanari, author of The Rosary Girls: A Novel of Suspense

Mar 4, 2005

March 4, 2005

Bookreporter.com's Suspense/Thriller Author Spotlight Team (Carol Fitzgerald, Joe Hartlaub and Wiley Saichek) interviewed Richard Montanari, author of THE ROSARY GIRLS. Montanari talks about the creation of his two main protagonists, the research he conducted for the law enforcement aspects of the novel, his love for Philadelphia, and how his own religious background has influenced his writing.

Interview: Julian Fellowes, author of Snobs

Feb 18, 2005

February 18, 2005

Narrated by an actor with an aristocratic pedigree, SNOBS is a delicious social satire set in 1990s England, in which a beautiful middle-class young woman claws her way into British society by marrying a dim-witted earl. Though its setting is modern, the wry sensibility and gimlet-eyed deconstruction of social morays put SNOBS firmly in the tradition of Jane Austen, E.F. Benson (especially the "Lucia" series) and Anthony Trollope. Julian Fellowes talks with Bookreporter.com's Bella Stander about mental toughness, second chances and the tribulations of the acting life.

Interview: Michele Martinez, author of Most Wanted: A Novel of Suspense

Feb 18, 2005

February 18, 2005

Bookreporter.com's Suspense/Thriller Author Spotlight Team (Carol Fitzgerald, Joe Hartlaub and Wiley Saichek) interviewed Michele Martinez, author of MOST WANTED. Martinez discusses her transition from prosecutor to crime fiction writer, the significance of her protagonist's Hispanic roots, and the challenging and rewarding aspects of writing her first novel.