Emily Pereira
Author Interview - Emily Pereira
Author of The Quest: From the Hollywood Hills to the Amazon Jungle, one woman's search for enough.
Emily has the life, selling what Time Magazine hails as the revolutionary new treatment for cancer. Her boyfriend’s start-up gets acquired for almost half-billion dollars, and the view from their beachfront LA penthouse looks bright. Few know she’s on a dangerous journey of extremes, riding an alluring threshold of risk, while languishing at hedonistic soirees. Nothing is too big, too excessive or ever enough.
And then, Emily has a shock discovery that forces her to lose everything. She finds herself scraping rock bottom, filled with regret and a desperate longing for the life she can’t return to.
Enter grandfather alchemist-intuitive, James, a cross between Don Quixote and Forrest Gump, who does an MRI on her soul, revealing a body headed toward serious illness. He initiates her into an ancient paradigm, where women access a force deep within paving the way for radical personal realization.
By walking beside and sometimes a little ahead of the reader, The Quest gives a brutally honest account of love, loss, and triumph that shifts our elusive understanding of what it means to be truly alive.
Author Interview - Emily Pereira
Author I draw inspiration from: Elizabeth Gilbert
Author Interview - Emily Pereira | Author I Draw Inspiration From
Favorite place to read a book: Cozied up in a cabin with a warm blanket by the fire while, snow falls softly outside. Preferably with a warm cuppa something yummy!
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: James Bond in Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Author Interview - Emily Pereira | Book Character I’d Like to be Stuck in an Elevator With
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: As a child I always had my nose in a book and loved to write, but somewhere during adolescence I closed the door on my creative self and started believing a false narrative that I wasn't creative. In my 30s I had a wild spiritual and creative awakening where I reconnected with my writer self. It was then that I knew this is what I came here to do.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: Paperback.. or audio if it's a great narrator!
The last book I read: The Sophia Code by Kaia Ra
Author Interview - Emily Pereira | The Last Book I Read
Pen & paper or computer: Seeing as I can't even read my own handwriting... computer!!
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Pippi Longstocking from The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking is a legend! Would love to sail the high seas with her looking for adventure. Author: Astrid Lindgren
Author Interview - Emily Pereira | Book Character I’d be Best Friends With
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: Women's Love Coach + Owner of a The Sunrise Mountain Retreat + Wellness Center in Costa Rica (I am!)
Favorite decade in fashion history: 1970's.. bell bottoms, bikinis and floppy hats!
Place I’d most like to travel: India
My signature drink: Pineapple juice mixed with fresh coconut water.
Favorite artist: Android Jones
Number one on my bucket list: Sail through Indonesian islands surfing with my best friends and our kids.
Anything else you'd like to add: What an honor to be interviewed! Thank you so much! Xx
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Author Bio: Emily Pereira is an international retreat leader, bestselling author of The Quest, and women’s coach specializing in helping women call in heart-thumping, passionate, I got-your-back-no-matter-what love. Her raw vulnerable storytelling laced with mind-blowing ahas about women’s empowerment have reached over 5 million people worldwide, landing her speaking engagements at Wanderlust, Summit Outside, and Spotify to name a few. She lives in Santa Teresa, a seaside village along Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, with her partner, Manex and two small children, Saïa Moon & Teo where together they co-founded The Sunrise Mountain Retreat and Wellness Center.
