Interviews of local authors.
Patricia Striar Rohner is a local author and snowbird who summers in Massachusetts and winters in Florida. Her new novel Tzippy the Thief: A Novel from She Writes Press is available now on pre-order through Amazon. Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live. I’ve been writing short stories and observing people since I was…
Alan Kessler is a local New England author with a new novel dealing with racism in mid-century America. Clarence Olgibee Black Rose Writing | Paperback | 2016 | 428 pp | Order Through Amazon Synopsis It starts with a murder. In 1974, 17-year-old Jimmy Tate Sullivan watched his two friends bludgeon to death a black man. Sentenced…
Rebecca Warner is a home gardener in Newton, Massachusetts with thirty years’ experience working toward a sustainable ornamental garden. When she’s not gardening, she’s a geriatric psychiatrist. Her book The Sustainable-Enough Garden is the story of her quest to make a beautiful garden that’s environmentally friendly. In the last five years she has overhauled her garden…
Londonderry resident William R. Gracer has recorded the accounts of 60 U.S. veterans in his new book Veterans’ Reflections: History Preserved. Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live. I was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and the second oldest of seven children. Two of my brothers and one sister served in the…
Lorna Kaufman is a local Boston author who specializes in reading disorders among children. Her new release, Smart Kid, Can’t Read, is now available on Amazon. Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live. I am a developmental psychologist who lives in Boston. I specialize in reading problems and evaluate…
Brad J. Boucher is a local Hampton author with several published books of horror and the noir under his belt. His collection of work is available on Amazon and other booksellers. Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live. My name is Brad Boucher and I’ve lived in Hampton for…
Louise Speck is the author of Tickles ‘n Tears: The Psychology of Humor under the nom de plume of Spec. Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live. I moved up to northern Massachusetts to help my folks in their final years, and that was a good choice. I don’t know specifically where…
Local author Cristiane Lima Scott’s debut novel The Language of Belonging will be released by Holland Books on May 6th. She will be holding books signings at Portsmouth’s Book and Bar on May 11th at 7 PM and at Barnes and Noble in Newington on May 21. Tell me a little bit about who you…
Phyllis Edgerly Ring is a local Exeter author with a newly published novel entitled The Munich Girl. Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live. I’m a long-time writer, and a military brat for whom the whole world has always felt like home. One of my earliest homes was Germany, which…
Victoria Griffith is the author of the exciting new and upcoming young adult novel Those We Fear published by HighLine Editions. Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live. I spent most of my professional career as a journalist, and those experiences figured prominently in my last thriller, AMAZON BURNING….