Lynne Reeves
Author Interview - Lynne Reeves
Author of Dark Rivers to Cross
This novel of domestic suspense sensitively explores inherited trauma and the stories we tell the ones we love. It’s about what one mother is willing to sacrifice for her children.
Lena Blackwell has kept her sons sheltered and close by her side for over two decades, working and living at their successful Maine river lodge. She’s raised them to be kind, hard-working, and caring young men—and she’s determined that they never learn of their true origin story, even though that’s meant erasing every connection she has to her own past.
When old friends unexpectedly arrive at the lodge, a series of events is put into motion that Lena is unable to halt, jeopardizing the very relationships she’s lied to protect, forcing her to sacrifice everything, even her life, to protect her sons.
Author Interview - Lynne Reeves
Author I draw inspiration from: Louise Erdrich
Author Interview - Lynne Reeves | Author I Draw Inspiration From
Favorite place to read a book: On a beach
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: The second Mrs. de Winter [Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier]
Author Interview - Lynne Reeves | Book Character I’d Like to be Stuck in an Elevator With
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: The first time I stepped on a stage, I knew I was a storyteller. It took me years to decide to capture my stories on the page.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: All of them! I always have one of everything going. Audio for walks and car rides. E-books for nighttime reading in the dark. Hardcover and paperback depending on what I can get my hands on.
The last book I read: Giving Up the Ghost, a memoir by Hilary Mantel
Author Interview - Lynne Reeves | The Last Book I Read
Pen & paper or computer: Pen and paper for discovering my story. Computer for writing it.
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: In addition to being a novelist, I'm a family and school counselor. But if I had my way, I would've been a professional actress.
Place I’d most like to travel: I'm planning a trip to Ireland. I'll visit my ancestors' towns and villages, and I'll conduct research for a novel I plan to set there.
My signature drink: Iced tea
Number one on my bucket list: More travel
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Author Bio: Lynne Reeves Griffin is an internationally recognized family counselor, public speaker, teacher and writer of fiction and non-fiction. Her work has appeared in Parents, Psychology Today, Solstice Literary Magazine, Chautauqua Journal, Craft Literary, Fiction Writers Review, Brain, Child and more.
Lynne regularly appears as a media guest expert to discuss contemporary family life and preventive mental health. Check out her appearances on WBUR’s Morning Edition and WCVB’s Chronicle.
Writing as Lynne Griffin, she is the author of the family-focused novels, Life Without Summer (St. Martin’s Press), Sea Escape (Simon & Schuster), and Girl Sent Away (SixOneSeven Books).
She writes novels of domestic suspense as Lynne Reeves, with The Dangers of an Ordinary Night published by Crooked Lane Books in November 2021 and Dark Rivers to Cross coming November 2022.
