Liz Kerin
Author Interview - Liz Kerin
Author of Night's Edge
NIGHT'S EDGE is a grounded mother/daughter vampire tale about the complicated love within codependent families.
Having a mom like Izzy meant Mia had to grow up fast. No extracurricular activities, no inviting friends over, and definitely no dating. The most important rule: tell no one of Izzy’s hunger – the one only blood can satisfy.
But Mia is in her twenties now and longs for a life of her own. One where she doesn’t have to worry about anyone discovering their terrible secret, or breathing down her neck. When Mia meets rebellious musician Jade she dares to hope she’s found a way to leave her home – and her mom – behind.
It just might be Mia’s only chance of getting out alive.
Author Interview - Liz Kerin
Author I draw inspiration from: I grew up devouring the books of Lois Lowry, and later on discovered the dark, gorgeous worlds of Margaret Atwood and Anne Rice. Carmen Maria Machado and Louise Erdrich are also huge inspirations for me. I could feast on their words for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the rest of my life.
Author Interview - Liz Kerin | Author I Draw Inspiration From
Favorite place to read a book: The hammock in my backyard under the guava tree - especially when it's fruiting and smells like a tropical island!
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Maeve from Maeve Fly by CJ Leede. Yes, I'd be utterly terrified. But if I lived to tell the tale and she decided I was cool, I might leave said elevator with a delightful new friend.
Author Interview - Liz Kerin | Book Character I’d Like to be Stuck in an Elevator With
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: I learned to read when I was about four years old and desperately wanted to tell my own stories, but I couldn't type and had trouble holding a pencil. I would narrate stories aloud to my mom, who would type them out for me on our ancient 1990s word processor. She'd print them on long reams of paper, fold them and staple them into book shapes, and have me illustrate them. The process has changed a bit over the years, but not my love for it.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: Paperback. I love a physical copy but also love to travel, so a nice lightweight paperback checks both those boxes!
The last book I read: Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Author Interview - Liz Kerin | The Last Book I Read
Pen & paper or computer: Computer
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Kari from WHITE HORSE by Erika T. Wurth is my new favorite person. She's full of angst and shadows and nicotine and whiskey and she's seen a LOT of ghosts. I think we'd have some really insane, incredible conversations.
Author Interview - Liz Kerin | Book Character I’d be Best Friends With
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: An anthropologist. I love learning about traditions and human history and culture and all the ways we're more connected than we think.
Favorite decade in fashion history: 1970s Stevie Nicks vibes forever
Place I’d most like to travel: I'm dying to get to Greece and take a trip around all the smaller islands pretending I'm a water nymph.
My signature drink: A rum Negroni (don't knock it till ya try it) made with pink Cara Cara oranges. It matches my hair.
Favorite artist: Yayoi Kusama
Number one on my bucket list: Sing the Tom Petty part on "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" with Stevie Nicks while she's still alive (a girl can dream, right?)
Anything else you'd like to add: Only that I'm deeply excited for readers to discover Night's Edge this summer! Can't wait to share these characters with you, who have held my whole heart for the past three years.
Find more from the author:
Instagram: @lizkerin
Author Bio: Liz Kerin is the author of the NIGHT’S EDGE duology (forthcoming from Tor Nightfire on June 20, 2023 with a sequel slated for April 2024) and dark fantasy adventure THE PHANTOM FOREST (2019). In addition to her work in literary fiction, Liz is also a screenwriter and award-winning playwright. Her whimsical family dramedy STOP-MOTION was awarded the 2018 Parity Commission and received a production at Theater for the New City in NYC in 2021, and her work has received multiple honors from The Road Theatre, Theatricum Botanicum, and the Kennedy Center. She is a graduate of the Rita and Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch and has numerous film/TV projects in active development. She lives in Southern California where you can find her working in her garden or hiking in the hills with her Corgi, Clementine.
