Erika Robuck
Author Interview - Erika Robuck
Author of SISTERS OF NIGHT AND FOG
The true story of two remarkable women in WWII—an American teacher who joins an Allied pilot escape network with her French husband, and a Franco-British widow and mother who becomes a secret agent to avenge her husband’s death—whose clandestine deeds with the Resistance come to a staggering halt when they are brought together under unimaginable circumstances, and the true depths of their courage and strength are revealed.
Author I draw inspiration from: Kristin Hannah
Favorite place to read a book: On a boat, in the sunshine
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW's Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: I was seven years old. I read JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, and knew I wanted to do for others what Roald Dahl had done for me with his transportive story.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: All of the above. I'm a total book format slut.
The last book I read: I just finished and was incredibly moved by SHADOWS OF BERLIN, by David R Gillham.
Pen & paper or computer: Computer
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: I love Lizzie from Austen's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. I think we'd be great friends.
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: I'd be a teacher. I'm always teaching in some capacity (currently in Faith Formation at my church) and writing.
Favorite decade in fashion history: The Jazz Age
Place I’d most like to travel: I yearn to spend a month in Italy.
My signature drink: Black Coffee
Favorite artist: I love Peruvian artist, Diana Mendoza, who uses gold and silver leafing with oil on canvas to create sacred art.
Number one on my bucket list: Touring the Holy Land
Anything else you'd like to add: Thank you so much for featuring my book!
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Author Bio: Erika Robuck is the national bestselling author of The Invisible Woman, Hemingway’s Girl, Call Me Zelda, Fallen Beauty, The House of Hawthorne, and Receive Me Falling. She is a contributor to the anthology Grand Central: Postwar Stories of Love and Reunion, and to the Writer’s Digest Essay Collection, Author in Progress. In 2014, Robuck was named Annapolis’ Author of the Year, and she resides there with her husband and three sons.