Mim Eichmann
Author Interview - Mim Eichmann
Author of Whatever Happened to Cathy Martin
Kathy Reichs meets Sherlock Holmes in this Midwest gothic journey set in southern Indiana in 1978 that seeks to unravel a deadly tangled web of lies surrounding three former high school friends, one of whom has now been missing for over a decade … but which one? And why?
Author Interview - Mim Eichmann
Author I draw inspiration from: For my historical fiction books, 'A Sparrow Alone' (2020) and 'Muskrat Ramble' (2021), my inspiration came from women's journals, diaries, letters and novellas written in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. For 'Whatever Happened to Cathy Martin' much of the inspiration has come from personal experience as a newspaper clerk in South Bend, Indiana in the early 1970s, along with contemporary thriller/mystery authors Kathy Reichs, Elizabeth George and Faye Kellerman as well as tv crime series such as Forensic Files, Rockford Files and Columbo. I also watched all of the Sherlock Holmes films from the '30s and '40s starring Basil Rathbone as the master detective.
Author Interview - Mim Eichmann | Author I Draw Inspiration From
Favorite place to read a book: on my couch in my living room
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Detective Andrew Ryan from Kathy Reichs' thriller 'Death Du Jour'
Author Interview - Mim Eichmann | Book Character I’d Like to be Stuck in an Elevator With
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: I wrote my first novel the year I retired from my full time job -- I'd been researching the book for decades and decided that it was firmly on the top rung of my bucket list for that year -- 2017. I'd only intended to write the one book. Situations of my own characters shoved me along to write the sequel ... then Covid isolation propelled me to stretch further and pen yet a third book in a completely different genre. So I guess one could say I came into this experience by the back door!
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: paperback, ebook
The last book I read: Nazi Wives by James Wyllie
Author Interview - Mim Eichmann | The Last Book I Read
Pen & paper or computer: computer
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Edna Pontellier from The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Author Interview - Mim Eichmann | Book Character I’d be Best Friends With
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: well, this is kind of cheating, but I'm also a musician ...
Favorite decade in fashion history: 1920s
Place I’d most like to travel: rural sections of France and Germany
My signature drink: cabernet
Favorite artist: Mary Cassatt
Number one on my bucket list: finally have an in-person book launch for all three of my books since they were published during Covid!
Anything else you'd like to add: Thanks for including me today!
Author Bio: A graduate from the Jordan College of Music at Butler University in Indianapolis, IN, Mim Eichmann has found that her creative journey has taken her down many exciting, interwoven pathways including that of musician, choreographer and now author. Her debut historical fiction novel 'A Sparrow Alone' published in April 2020 was a semi-finalist in the Illinois Library Association's Soon-to-be-Famous Project Competition. The highly anticipated sequel, 'Muskrat Ramble', was published in March 2021. Both books are bestsellers.
