JM Stephen
Author Interview - JM Stephen
Author of Nod and The Rise of the Hidden Prince.
“"And Cain left the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden." - Genesis 4:16
Nod is never mentioned again in the Bible. Where was it? Where did the people of Nod come from? What became of Cain? Now we have the story of Nod, as told through the eyes of Lailah, the first person to encounter Cain outside of his family. The story of Cain and Abel is brought alive, and the aftermath examined in a way never before told. But more than that we get the story of a primitive people becoming aware of the world around them.”
Author Interview - JM Stephen
Author I draw inspiration from: Virginia Woolf
Author Interview - JM Stephen
Favorite place to read a book: Outside in woods that look like a fairy tale
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Nevile from The Waves
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: When I was in third grade and I wrote a short story about a horse and I got really into it and all the kids gathered around me (I was not then nor ever was I again, very popular) and I knew this was my thing and I wanted to do it forever.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: paperback and ebook
The last book I read: The Bone People
Author Interview - JM Stephen
Pen & paper or computer: Both
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Nevile from The Waves
Author Interview - JM Stephen
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: An oceanographer, assuming I could do that math
Favorite decade in fashion history: 1920s
Place I’d most like to travel: Iceland
My signature drink: A cosmopolitanism
Favorite artist: Monet somedays other days Picasso
Number one on my bucket list: I want to stand on Mars
Anything else you'd like to add: I also publish under the name Jessica Stilling
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Author Bio: JM Stephen is an author, editor and educator. She is currently contemplating a move to Vermont those she currently resides in New York City. Her work has appeared in Bust Magazine, Ms. Magazine and Tor.com. She has taught writing at The New School and The Gotham Writer's Workshop.
