Pam Webber
Author Interview - Pam Webber
Author of Life Dust
Life Dust is a historical novel sent in 1971-72 and is told from two points of view. It is 296 pages and approximately 87,000 words.
Synopsis
Nettie’s world is turned upside down when Andy, her soulmate since the sandbox days, is deployed to Vietnam. Struggling to cope with the constant worry, she dives into her work as a nursing intern in a busy emergency room. When she inadvertently walks in on a nursing supervisor and surgeon during their late-night tryst in the dark recesses of the hospital, the couple begin a campaign to discredit Nettie and sabotage her internship. Her only respite is a tortured man who is trying to cope with a second chance to die.
Half a world away, Andy is leading a military reconnaissance squad in a dangerous, unforgiving jungle when he receives orders to escort a high-ranking female freedom fighter, Bien, to a clandestine meeting with a North Vietnamese officer who may want to defect. Raped and brutally beaten by enemy soldiers as a young girl, Bien is suspicious of the officer’s motives but believes he may be the younger brother her attackers conscripted into the North Vietnamese army as a child. Andy believes they’re heading into a trap.
Author Interview - Pam Webber
Author I draw inspiration from: Readers, Experience, and Nature
Favorite place to read a book: My shady back porch
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Iggy in Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Author Interview - Pam Webber | Book Character I’d Like to be Stuck in an Elevator With
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: When I added the last period to my first book, The Wiregrass.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: Hardback or paperback. I like holding the story.
The last book I read: Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Author Interview - Pam Webber | The Last Book I Read
Pen & paper or computer: Computer but pen and paper for quick notes to remember
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Catherine Velis in The Eight by Katherine Neville
Author Interview - Pam Webber | Book Character I’d be Best Friends With
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: What I am, a nurse practitioner in internal medicine
Favorite decade in fashion history: 1970s with miniskirts and gogo boots
Place I’d most like to travel: I'd like to go back to Botswanna. It's magical.
My signature drink: Margarita on the rocks, no salt
Favorite artist: My grandchildren
Number one on my bucket list: Hit the New York Times bestseller list
Anything else you'd like to add: Thanks for the opportunity!
Find more from the author:
Author website: www.pamwebber.com
Facebook: @authorpamwebber
Twitter: @pamwebber1
Instagram: @pbwebber1
Author Bio: Pam is author of The Wiregrass and Moon Water. Both novels were selected as Editor’s Choice by the Historical Novel Society and Read of the Month by the Southern Literary Review. Her third novel, Life Dust, is being released October 11, 2022. Pam is also a nurse practitioner and works part-time in internal medicine. She and her husband, Jeff, live in the Northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. They have three great kids and four wonderful grandchildren.
