Christine Jordan
Author Interview - Christine Jordan
Author of MisPer
Kat is a lab technician who deals in certainties and likes to be in control. Her life unravels after she contacts Crimestoppers to report a suspicious twitter profile and a revealing tweet about the disappearance of Sophie Shaw. Only this time, Kat’s 10-year obsession with Sophie’s disappearance, may have put her own life in danger. What happened to Sophie and has Kat got the right man?
Author Interview - Christine Jordan
Author I draw inspiration from: There have been many. In the beginning it was Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy, then I migrated to more modern authors such as Ken Follett and Khaled Hosseini. Recently I've been inspired by Gillian Flynn, Lisa Jewell and Charlotte Levin.
Author Interview - Christine Jordan | Author I Draw Inspiration From
Favorite place to read a book: I have a few. On holiday lying by the pool on a sunbed under an umbrella, or a sunbed on the beach. Has to be a paperback. All that oil, water and salt doesn't bode well for a Kindle. Or in bed at night before I go to sleep.
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: I think Eleanor Oliphant might be a challenging character to be stuck in an elevator with (Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman). I'd like to mix it up a bit and add in a Charles Dicken's character, Mr Micawber (David Copperfield, Charles Dickens). He would re-assure us by telling us something will turn up. Hopefully the maintenance man!
Author Interview - Christine Jordan | Book Character I’d Like to be Stuck in an Elevator With
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: I'd like to say I've wanted to be an author since I could read but that would be a lie. I was brought up in a home without books. My first brush with reading was at primary school with the Janet and John series. Then when a library was built on some derelict land near me I began to borrow books. I was interested in stories about female pirates for some reason. Since then, I have always loved reading. It wasn't until my late forties that I began to write. From necessity really. I found myself without funds having lost my business so I decided to write a book!
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: In many ways I'm quite a traditionalist. For years I resisted ebooks, preferring to hold and smell the book in my hand, until one day I decided to buy a Kindle. I have to confess this is now my preferred reading experience, especially if I'm snuggled in bed, underneath the duvet. I only need one hand to flick the page! Hardbacks are lovely to display on your bookshelf but not very practical when it comes to reading I find.
The last book I read: The last book I read was The One by John Marrs. I saw that it had been made into a major drama and wanted to read the book before watching the drama. Really interesting concept, combined with an easy read. When I finally watched the drama I was surprised at how far removed it was from the original book and wondered what John Marrs thought of that!
Author Interview - Christine Jordan | The Last Book I Read
Pen & paper or computer: When I started writing I preferred pen and paper. There was something about the transference of my thoughts from my pen onto the paper. In those days I would wake up in the middle of the night and scribble an idea or whole chapters of the book I was working on. I still keep a note pad and pen by my side but my flashes of midnight inspiration are few and far between these days. Later, I would then write up what I'd written on the computer, editing as I went. It worked for me. However, now I write directly on my computer.
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: I'd like to be best friends with Scarlett O'Hara (Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell) but I'm not sure she'd want to be best friends with me or anyone for that matter as she is so fiercely independent and feisty. Life with Scarlett would never be boring. If I couldn't be best friends with Scarlett then it would have to be Claire Beauchamp Randall (Outlander by Diana Gabaldon) then I could time travel with her.
Author Interview - Christine Jordan | Book Character I’d be Best Friends With
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: I've always loved dancing. Still do. I like to boogie around my living room or kitchen dancing like no one can see me! So if I wasn't an author I'd be a choreographer.
Favorite decade in fashion history: Has to be Edwardian but I'd have to have been born into the upper classes to afford the opulent fashion. Those divine cloche hats and dresses with pearls and sequins and heavy embroidery. Or a tiara with a backless evening gown. Or wrapping a winter coat around me with the biggest fur collar. I'm already there in my head!
Place I’d most like to travel: I love history and historic buildings so I'd like to visit European cities such as Vienna, Budapest, Tallinn, Dubrovnik, Berlin.
My signature drink: I have several! My signature drinks are Long Island Iced Tea, Margherita and Mojitos. On the non-alcoholic side I love to make chilled Hibiscus Tea.
Favorite artist: If you mean artist in the broader sense then it would have to be David Bowie. Such a diverse and creative talent. I was lucky enough to see him on at least three occasions.
Number one on my bucket list: I'd love to sail a felucca along the entire River Nile taking in all the Pharoah's tombs and sipping Sundowners on the deck.
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Author Bio: Christine Jordan was born in the front room of a National Coal Board house into a Yorkshire mining community. Her dad was a coal filler and her mum a homemaker. She didn’t do well at school and left at sixteen finding jobs in catering or ending up unemployed. Eventually, she returned to education finally gaining a degree in Sociology and going on to obtain an MBA. She has worked as a stewardess on a passenger ferry, picked potatoes on an Essex farm, taught English in Greece and ran a pub. She now lives in Gloucester. Christine has written historical fiction and local history books. MisPer is her debut thriller.
