Heather Bell Adams
Author Interview - Heather Bell Adams
Author I draw inspiration from: Silas House and Julie Cantrell
Favorite place to read a book: on my back porch (especially when the weather is nice, which to me means warm)
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Arthur Less
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: probably my 1st childhood visit to the public library
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: Yes, please! (Actually, I have a hard time with audiobooks, but I love hardback, paperback, and ebooks.)
The last book I read: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Pen & paper or computer: pen & paper for brainstorming and notes; computer for drafting and editing
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Nan from The Dearly Beloved
If I wasn’t an author, I’d be a: Well, I’m a lawyer by day so…let’s go with lawyer.
Favorite decade in fashion history: 1950s
Place I’d most like to travel: Lake District in England
My signature drink: something sparkling (water or wine)
Favorite artist: any of the Impressionists
Number one on my bucket list: see Brandi Carlile in concert
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Author Bio: Heather Bell Adams is the author of the novels, Maranatha Road (West Virginia University Press 2017) and The Good Luck Stone (Haywire Books 2020). Her short fiction, which has won the Carrie McCray Memorial Literary Award and James Still Fiction Prize, appears in The Thomas Wolfe Review, Atticus Review, The Petigru Review, Pisgah Review, Pembroke Magazine, Broad River Review, and other journals. A lawyer by day, she also volunteers on the Raleigh Review fiction staff. She loves yoga and does not love cooking.