Barbara Linn Probst
Author Interview - Barbara Linn Probst
Author of The Sound Between the Notes
“Susannah’s career as a pianist has been on hold for sixteen years, ever since her son was born. But now, suddenly, she has a second chance. There’s just one problem: somewhere along the way, she lost the power and the magic. She needs to get them back. Now.
As her now-or-never concert draws near, Susannah is catapulted back to memories she’s never been able to purge—and forward, to choices she never thought she’d have to make. Susannah needs to find out, once and for all: Who am I, and where do I belong?”
Author Interview - Barbara Linn Probst
Author I draw inspiration from: Elizabeth Berg
Author Interview - Barbara Linn Probst
Favorite place to read a book: Curled up in bed!
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Elizabeth Bennett from Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"
Author Interview - Barbara Linn Probst
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: When I wrote (and illustrated) my first "book" at seven years old!
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: paperback and ebook
The last book I read: "Writers and Lovers" by Lily King
Author Interview - Barbara Linn Probst
Pen & paper or computer: computer
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Kathryn Lyons in "The Pilot's Wife" by Anita Shreve
Author Interview - Barbara Linn Probst
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: astronomer
Favorite decade in fashion history: This one!
Place I’d most like to travel: Morocco
My signature drink: Grey Goose vodka, straight up!
Favorite artist: Georgia O'Keeffe
Number one on my bucket list: Traveling to Antarctica
Anything else you'd like to add: I'm a "serious amateur" pianist, which is how I was able to write all the musical scenes in the book!
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Author Bio: Barbara Linn Probst is a writer living on an historic dirt road in New York’s Hudson Valley. Her debut novel Queen of the Owls (April 2020) is the powerful story of a woman’s search for wholeness, framed around the art and life of iconic American painter Georgia O’Keeffe. Queen of the Owls was selected as one of the 20 most anticipated books of 2020 by Working Mother, one of the best Spring fiction books by Parade Magazine, and a debut novel “too good to ignore” by Bustle. It was also featured in lists compiled by Pop Sugar and Entertainment Weekly, among others, and featured in Ms. Magazine. It won the bronze medal for popular fiction from the Independent Publishers Association, placed first runner-up in general fiction for the Eric Hoffer Award, and was short-listed for both the First Horizon and the $2500 Grand Prize.
Barbara’s second book, The Sound Between the Notes, launches in April 2021. Kirkus Reviews has called the book “a sensitive, astute exploration of artistic passion, family, and perseverance.” Described as “a breathtaking emotional journey” impossible to put down, (Readers Favorite Reviews), The Sound Between the Notes explores timeless questions of identity and belonging through the unique perspective of a musician.
