Daniel Pyne
Author Interview - Daniel Pyne
Author of Water Memory
“Aubrey Sentro, a former black ops specialist now working in the private sector, takes a freighter cruise to rest and reset after learning she's suffering memory loss caused by serial concussions. Estranged from her adult children because of long absences and all the secrets kept form them while they were growing up, she uses the peaceful journey to reflect on her life and relationships, as well as strike up a new friendship with an Englishwoman on the cargo ship. Her healing is interrupted, however, when sea pirates attack the ship. The Englishwoman is killed, but Sentro escapes into the warren of containers and falls back on her training and instincts to do battle with the pirates. Unfortunately, nothing is what it appears to be. And when Sentro's son, from whom she's spent a lifetime hiding her real avocation, decides to try and negotiate for his mother's freedom, Sentro's personal and professional lives collide with the most deadly consequences.”
Author I draw inspiration from: James Joyce, John LeCarre, Kate Atkinson, William Faulkner, Raymond Chandler
Favorite place to read a book: Pretty much anywhere. My porch in Santa Fe is nice.
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Jackson Brodie. Started Early, Took My Dog (Kate Atkinson)
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: I think it was when I read about James Thurber and the Algonquin round table. I was in middle school. Sounded kind of romantic.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: Hardback.
The last book I read: The Mirror and the Light. Hilary Mantel
Pen & paper or computer: Keyboard.
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Stephen Dedalus (Ulysses, Portrait of the Artists as a Young Man -- James Joyce)
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: Graphic artist
Favorite decade in fashion history: Now.
Place I’d most like to travel: Italy
My signature drink: Dry Martini or Gin Gimlet.
Favorite artist: Edward Hopper
Number one on my bucket list: I don't really have a bucket list
Find more from the author:
www.danielpyne.com