by editor | Jul 9, 2023 | Articles, Author Events, Author Interviews, Written
Interviewed by Rachel Dehning What characters in the book are most similar to you or people you know? Is there anything in the story that you included based on your personal experiences? Some of the minor characters in the story, like Cassie and Xuan’s friends, Roxy,...
by Kristi Elizabeth | Oct 27, 2022 | Author Interviews, Written
The town of Delphic Oracle is very much a character in its own right and a very well-developed one at that. Is it based on a real place? The ambience and geography of the town of Delphic Oracle is based on the place where I grew up in Nebraska. However, none of the...
by editor | Jun 1, 2022 | Author Interviews, Written
San Francisco Book Review’s Ben Haskett interviews Charles Crittenden, author of Inhabitant. Where did the idea for Inhabitant come from? The initial idea came about after a few major changes in my life really upended where I thought I was. I harnessed that...
by editor | Mar 9, 2021 | Articles, Author Interviews, Written
San Francisco Book Review’s Alex Telander interviews Charles Salter, author of The Flight of the Schimmerplotz. Where did the idea for Flight of the Schimmerplotz come from? Like most of my writing ideas, the basic notion of this book came to me first in...
by editor | Nov 22, 2020 | Articles, Author Interviews, Written
San Francisco Book Review’s Alex C. Telander talks to Alex Grass, author of Black River Lantern. Where did the idea for Black River Lantern come from? I wanted to combine The Dead Zone with Dostoevsky’s The Idiot. At the time, I think I was also reading...
by editor | Nov 19, 2020 | Articles, Author Interviews, Written
San Francisco Book Review’s Anastasia Gkaitatzi interviews Kagan Tumer, author of Purged Souls. Tell us a few things about Purged Souls. Purged Souls is about exploring human nature in the face of adversity. How do you react when everything you believed...
