Cherie Priest
Author Interview - Cherie Priest
Author of Grave Reservations
Leda Foley, sole owner and proprietor of a struggling one-woman travel agency, takes a risk when she rebooks Seattle PD detective Grady Merritt on a flight back from a forensics conference in Orlando. At first, he's angry. She's apologetic, but can't explain her decision - or won't. The truth is, she's a little bit psychic. (In a minimally competent and often vague sense.) But when the plane blows up on the tarmac, the detective begins to wonder how she could've possibly known...and if she might be helpful in other ways. An old case is tickling the back of his brain, and he's open-minded enough to take a chance.
Author Interview - Cherie Priest
Author I draw inspiration from: Dashiell Hammett
Author Interview - Cherie Priest | Author I Draw Inspiration From
Favorite place to read a book: Out on the deck, with a drink.
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Granny Weatherwax, Terry Pratchett
Author Interview - Cherie Priest | Book Character I’d Like to be Stuck in an Elevator With
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: I've literally never wanted to do anything else. Except, briefly, a secret spy archeologist.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: All of the above.
The last book I read: The Book of Accidents, Chuck Wendig
Author Interview - Cherie Priest | The Last Book I Read
Pen & paper or computer: Notes on paper, work on computer.
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Miss Marple, from a number of Agatha Christie books. I'm (perhaps prematurely) a nosy old lady.
Author Interview - Cherie Priest | Book Character I’d be Best Friends With
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: Who knows, maybe something that lets me work with animals.
Favorite decade in fashion history: The 1920s, probably
Place I’d most like to travel: Key West. I'm from Florida, but I've never been there - and always thought it sounded amazing.
My signature drink: Straight rum. That's it, that's the drink.
Favorite artist: Probably Aubrey Beardsley, but I'm also a fan of a number of modern artists - too many to note, if I'm honest.
Number one on my bucket list: Not sure I really believe in bucket lists; I'd rather do it all before I know I'm dying, so I can enjoy it.
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Twitter: @cmpriest
Author Bio: Cherie Priest is the author of two dozen books and novellas, most recently The Toll, The Family Plot, The Agony House, and the Philip K. Dick Award nominee Maplecroft; but she is perhaps best known for the steampunk pulp adventures of the Clockwork Century, beginning with Boneshaker. Her works have been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula awards for science fiction, and have won the Locus Award (among others) – and over the years, they’ve been translated into nine languages in eleven countries. Cherie lives in Seattle, WA, with her husband and a menagerie of exceedingly photogenic pets.
