Gail Ward Olmsted
Author Interview - Gail Ward Olmsted
Author of Miranda Nights and Katharine’s Remarkable Road Trip
About Katharine’s Remarkable Road Trip:
If you loved Landscape of a Marriage by Gail Ward Olmsted, you'll absolutely adore Katharine's Remarkable Road Trip.
In the fall of 1907, Katharine decides to drive from Newport, Rhode Island to her new home in Jackson, New Hampshire. Despite the concerns of her family and friends that at the age of 77 she lacks the stamina for the nearly 300-mile journey, Katharine sets out alone. Over the next six days, she receives a marriage proposal, pulls an all-nighter, saves a life or two, crashes a high-society event, meets a kindred spirit, faces a former rival, makes a new friend, takes a stroll with a future movie mogul, advises a troubled newlywed, and reflects upon a life well lived: her own!
Join her as she embarks upon her remarkable road trip.
Katharine Prescott Wormeley (1830-1908) was born into affluence in England and emigrated to the U. S. at the age of eighteen. Fiercely independent and never married, Kate volunteered as a nurse on a medical ship during the Civil War, before founding a vocational school for underprivileged girls. She was a philanthropist, a hospital administrator, and the author of The Other Side of War: 1862, as well as the noted translator of dozens of novels written by French authors, including Moliere and Balzac. She is included in History's Women: The Unsung Heroines; History of American Women: Civil War Women; Who's Who in America 1908-09; Notable American Women: 1607-1950; A Biographical Dictionary; and A Woman of the (19th) Century: Leading American Women in All Walks of Life and figures prominently in With Courage and Delicacy: Civil War on the Peninsula by Nancy Scripture Garrison.
Author Interview - Gail Ward Olmsted
About Miranda Nights:
She has a loving husband and a successful career- who says you can’t have it all? Miranda Quinn is living her very best life… until she’s not.
It’s been two years since her legal advice TV show was canceled, but the former Assistant District Attorney has rebounded with a late-night radio show, Miranda Nights. When her closest friend’s teenaged son gets arrested, Miranda tries to help but the evidence against him is overwhelming. Following a family member’s medical diagnosis, Miranda begins to wonder if her ‘happily ever after’ has been canceled as well.
But the real trouble arrives when a persistent caller, desperate for Miranda’s attention, embarks on an all-out effort to get her to see the error of her ways. Threatening messages and slanderous social media posts escalate to break-ins and arson when a fanatical fan claims to be her only path to salvation.
Miranda Nights is a fast-paced, witty story full of hidden dangers, with a strong and resilient woman at its core.
Author Interview - Gail Ward Olmsted
Author I draw inspiration from:
My favorites authors inspire me: Stephen King, Dennis Lehane, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connolly & Karin Slaughter. Their stories are always fresh and entertaining!
Author Interview - Gail Ward Olmsted | Author I Draw Inspiration From
Favorite place to read a book:
Sitting in bed usually at night on my kindle
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with:
LAPD Detective Harry Bosch from Michael Connelly's excellent series.I like to think I could make him crack a smile!!
Author Interview - Gail Ward Olmsted | Book Character I’d Like to be Stuck in an Elevator With
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author:
On a family trip to Sedona, AZ a story came to me and I couldn't write it fast enough.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook:
e-book or audiobook- love them both!
The last book I read:
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane. Fabulous. One of his best and I've read them all!
Author Interview - Gail Ward Olmsted | The Last Book I Read
Pen & paper or computer:
My MacBook Air!
Book character I think I’d be best friends with:
Jackie Sullivan- a character featured in Jeep Tour and Driving on the Left, both written by me. I adore her; she's sassy, kind, bold, introspective, a bit socially awkward... oh wait, that's me!
Author Interview - Gail Ward Olmsted | Book Character I’d be Best Friends With
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a:
This is my third career! I still teach at the college level (online) and in an earlier life, I was a director of marketing in the telecommunications industry. I'm semi-retired, so if I weren't an author, I'd be a mall walker or someone who sits on park benches and feeds pigeons.
Favorite decade in fashion history:
I was not around then, but I loved the tailored suits and nipped in waists worn by women in the 40's and 50's. So elegant and distinctive. This from a woman in a t-shirt and a pair of cargo shorts!!
Place I’d most like to travel:
The west coast of Ireland again & again
My signature drink:
Coffee, black and piping hot
Favorite artist:
REM- my favorite band of all time.
Number one on my bucket list:
Seeing REM in concert again
Anything else you'd like to add:
I appreciate your support of authors. Means the world to me.
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About Gail Ward Olmsted:
Author Interview - Gail Ward Olmsted
Gail Ward Olmsted was a marketing executive and a college professor before she began writing fiction on a fulltime basis. A trip to Sedona, AZ inspired her first novel Jeep Tour. Three more novels followed before she began Landscape of a Marriage, a biographical work of fiction featuring landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, a distant cousin of her husband’s, and his wife Mary. Her latest is a pair of contemporary novels featuring a disgraced attorney seeking a career comeback: Miranda Writes and Miranda Nights (7/6/23)
For more information, please visit her on Facebook and at gwolmstedauthor.carrd.co
