Please help me welcome my friend and fellow Wild Rose Press author, Peggy Chambers…
What book have you read that you wish you had written?
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
What’s your favorite book of all time and why?
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
What’s your favorite childhood book?
All the Nancy Drew mysteries. I didn’t know back then that Carolynne Keene wasn’t a real author.
Would you rather have a bad review or no review?
No review
What do you want your tombstone to say?
She did her best
What do your friends and family think of your writing?
They are very supportive.
Who is the most famous person you have ever met?
Col. Eileen Collins, Astronaut. She was recently in my hometown and I had the chance to help her set up a book signing at a local bookstore. She learned to fly at Vance AFB in Enid, OK where I live.
How did your interest in writing originate?
By reading and my teachers and mother said I had a good imagination. That wasn’t always a good thing.
Who is your favorite author and what is it that really strikes you about their work?
Ernest Hemmingway and the simplicity of his writing.
Thanks for allowing me to inteview you today, now please tell us about your book.
There’s a new jazz singer on Sandhill Island. Billie Stone, named for the late jazz great, Billie Holiday, has her own set of pipes. She grew up on Sandhill Island and has come back home to heal after a tragic accident took her family. Billie’s mother falls ill and now she has a new role as caregiver. Once again, her mental health takes a back seat. Billie’s best friend will do all she can to see that her friend has an opportunity to heal, and then the snowbird from Montana shows up.
Joe Franks, drunk and on the wrong side of the road late one night, crashes into the minivan that came out of nowhere. But after a year in jail and penniless, he thinks he deserves another chance. No one will hire a jail bird and he’s not cut out for pizza delivery.
Buy link: https://books2read.com/u/bo/Orp
About the Author:
Peggy Chambers calls Enid, Oklahoma home. She is an award-winning author and writes in several genres from children’s books, young adult books, suspense novels, pulp fiction, and comic books. But she has decided, after much soul-searching, to settle on the mystery/suspense genre going forward—maybe. Her book links are on her website http://peggylchambers.com.
She is a member of the Enid Writers’ Club, Oklahoma Writers’ Federation, Inc., Sisters in Crime, Tornado Alley, and Oklahoma Romance Writers’ Guild.
She writes a weekly blog on her website, you can like her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BraWars, or connect with her on Instagram at champeggy.
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