Shea Ernshaw
Author Interview - Shea Ernshaw
Author of A History of Wild Places
The story of three residents living in a secluded commune deep in the Northern California wilderness, who piece together the disappearance of a mysterious children's book author and the man who was hired to find her.
Author Interview - Shea Ernshaw
Author I draw inspiration from: Alice Hoffman
Author Interview - Shea Ernshaw | Author I Draw Inspiration From
Favorite place to read a book: In the garden on a summer day
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: January Scaller from The Ten Thousand Doors of January (because she could get us out of the stuck elevator!)
Author Interview - Shea Ernshaw | Book Character I’d Like to be Stuck in an Elevator With
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: When I was ten years old and I learned that anyone could become an author--that it wasn't a career that was decided by some all powerful librarian (as I had previously believed.) I also began sending query letters to literary agents that same year.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: Hardback always!
The last book I read: The Need by Helen Phillips
Author Interview - Shea Ernshaw | The Last Book I Read
Pen & paper or computer: computer (but a pen and paper for taking story notes)
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Nora Walker from my own book, Winterwood. She spends her nights wandering the woods looking for lost things, which is my idea of a perfect night.
Author Interview - Shea Ernshaw | Book Character I’d be Best Friends With
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: Forest ranger or own a flower shop
Favorite decade in fashion history: 1920's (Flapper dresses for the win.)
Place I’d most like to travel: Denmark
My signature drink: Tulsi tea
Favorite artist: Currently loving Edward Gorey illustrations
Number one on my bucket list: Live in the U.K. for a few months
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IG: https://www.instagram.com/sheaernshaw/
Author Bio: Shea Ernshaw is a NYT bestselling author and winner of the Oregon Book Award. Her books have been published in over nineteen countries, and her novels The Wicked Deep and Winterwood were Indie Next Picks. Her debut adult fiction novel A History of Wild Places releases in December of 2021. She lives in a small mountain town in Oregon, and is happiest when lost in a good book, lost in the woods, or writing her next novel.
