Author Archives: CassieSwindon

What’s your name and what book would you buy all your friends if possible? Aubree Anderson and probably either The Book Thief or All the Light We Cannot See – both are beautifully written with premises that manage to feel complex and simple at the same time. They both make you feel all the feelings.Continue reading “Reader Q+A #5”

What’s your name and tell me about the books you like to read. Mary Camarillo. I read widely–poetry, short stories, creative non-fiction and novels. I just finished “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia Butler, a dystopian story set in 2024, disturbingly relevant to our present times. I’m getting ready to dive into Margaret Rodenberg’s historicalContinue reading “Mary Camarillo”

What’s your pen name and tell me about the books you like to write. My pen name is Erica David. I love writing fantasy in the young adult and new adult category. The creativity I get to use when creating a new world is exhilarating. And seeing such a fantastical story play out on theContinue reading “Erica David”

What’s your pen name and tell me about the books you like to write. My pen name is Taryn Rivers. I love writing romantic suspense. Something about two people falling in love while facing danger does it for me. I’m also all about small towns and a big cast of characters just waiting to getContinue reading “Taryn Rivers”

What element would you not take out of your novels even if an editor asked you to? I’m flexible if they were to ask me to take something out, I’d consider it for sure. But, if they were to ask me to add some explicit sex scenes, then I’d have to say no. What madeContinue reading “Jacci Turner”