Hello out there,I'm going to run a new season of author interrogations with all new questions from mid-May 2025. (If I get enough hands in the air.)So, if you're an author (don't care what your genre is, you do not have to be a crime writer) and you'd like to take part in the 2025 … Continue reading Author Interrogations 2025
Interview
Author Interrogation: Joy Ann Ribar
Who are you? Joy Ann Ribar here. I’m a Wisconsinite from the Midwest (U.S.). We’re also known as cheeseheads because Wisconsin is the dairy state and produces award-winning cheese. Yes, I love cheese. There’s more to life than cheese and ice cream though. I started writing poems and stories when I was a tot, and … Continue reading Author Interrogation: Joy Ann Ribar
Author Interrogations: Stephen Johnson
Kia ora,Welcome to a new interrogation! Get comfortable and settle in … got a cuppa? Who are you?I’m Stephen Johnson, an Australian who has lived in Auckland for 35 years. My fiction journey started at 61 when I fled a media career to drive a motorhome around Europe for seven months. I wanted to escape work. … Continue reading Author Interrogations: Stephen Johnson
Author Interrogation: WG Walters
Hello! This morning we have another interrogation! Get a cuppa and come and meet our author of the day. What makes you tick? I started writing at age seven when I wrote a one-page mystery based on our neighbors getting robbed. I wouldn't stop despite my dad getting upset and knew when I was thirteen … Continue reading Author Interrogation: WG Walters
Author Interrogations: Kelly Young
Kia ora,Come in, sit down.Did you get a coffee or some sort of beverage? You’ve got time. Go make one now then come back. This author is a new author to me so we’re learning together today.Let’s get into those questions! Who are you?My name is Kelly Young, and I write under that name because as … Continue reading Author Interrogations: Kelly Young
Author Interrogation: Mark Bastable
Kia ora,This morning we have someone I’ve known for longer than I care to admit but we’ve never met in person. Who knows, one day we might. Settle in with a cuppa … here we go: Who are you?I’m Londoner, married to an American, with three grown-up kids. I’ve run parallel lives. One track was as … Continue reading Author Interrogation: Mark Bastable
Author Interrogations: Terri Osborn
Kia ora,Big Upper Hutt welcome for this author. She’s someone I’ve known for a while. She came to my writing group years ago. And often came by the bookshop for a coffee (I make good coffee). She even did a stint as my editor once upon a time. Let’s get into those questions: Who are … Continue reading Author Interrogations: Terri Osborn
Author Interrogations: Jinny Alexander
Kia ora, This is a treat, an author I don’t know yet! Can’t wait to read all about her. Let’s get into those questions (I’m quite nosy so buckle in): Who are you? What makes you tick?Hi! I’m nosy too, so I’ll be asking right back. And I love to chat to people, so… you asked … Continue reading Author Interrogations: Jinny Alexander
Author Interrogation: Peter Kozmar
Join me in welcoming our guest today. He’s an interesting person and I think you’ll be heading off to find his books once you’re done here. Who are you? What makes you tick?I’m Peter Kozmar. I was born in Manchester, in the UK and now live just outside Wellington, New Zealand. My two kids have flown … Continue reading Author Interrogation: Peter Kozmar