Pamela Kelley
Author Interview - Pamela Kelley
Author of The Hotel
The Whitley is Nantucket's most exclusive waterfront hotel - a sprawling collection of pristine white cottages and an elegant main building on a long stretch of private white sandy beach. It's a family owned business - brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, all work there in various capacities.
Paula is happy in her back-office accounting position. But changes are in store when her grandfather promotes her and fires her cousin - who then blames Paula.
Meanwhile, a blond romantic-comedy superstar is hiding out at the hotel for a few months. She meets Paula's brother, a chef - who has no idea who she is - and she likes it that way.
Paula's grandfather also hires a consultant to help her settle into her new role. But she isn't sure what to think of David, who grew up on Nantucket but now lives in Manhattan.
He's a brilliant consultant and will be assessing Paula's suitability for the role. He's also home for another reason, a difficult family issue that makes Manhattan seem very far away.
A new family saga from the Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling author of The Nantucket Inn and The Restaurant.
Author Interview - Pamela Kelley
Author I draw inspiration from: Danielle Steel, Elin Hilderbrand, Debbie Macomber
Author Interview - Pamela Kelley
Favorite place to read a book: In my comfy chair, cat on lap.
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: When I read A Woman of Substance by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Author Interview - Pamela Kelley
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: ebook, but sometimes hardcover
The last book I read: One Day in December Josie Silver
Author Interview - Pamela Kelley
Pen & paper or computer: Computer
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Carrie Bradshaw Sex and the City Candace Bushnell
Author Interview - Pamela Kelley
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: I was a headhunter for 25 years and loved it.
Favorite decade in fashion history: This one
Place I’d most like to travel: Italy and I'm going there in a year for a writer retreat
My signature drink: Bread and Butter Chardonnay
Favorite artist: Monet
Number one on my bucket list: Get out to Seattle area to visit my brother. Had a trip planned but Covid cancelled it. He just built a house and am dying to see it and him.
Anything else you'd like to add: I am a huge foodie, and most of my books reflect that. Also close knit friends and families--many readers say my characters are people they consider friends, which is my favorite compliment.
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Author Bio: Pamela M. Kelley is a USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of women's fiction, family sagas, and suspense. Readers often describe her books as feel-good reads with people you'd want as friends.
She lives in a historic seaside town near Cape Cod and just south of Boston. She has always been an avid reader of women's fiction, romance, mysteries, thrillers and cook books. There's also a good chance you might get hungry when you read her books as she is a foodie, and occasionally shares a recipe or two.
