Laura Drake
Author Interview - Laura Drake
Author of The Road to Me
Despite being late developing next year’s scent, an indie perfumer drops everything to travel to Arizona and pick up the free-range grandma she bitterly resents. But the Universe conspires to set them on a Route 66 road trip together. What Jacqueline discovers out there could not only heal the scars of her childhood but open her to a brighter future.
Author I draw inspiration from: Barbara O'Neal and Charles Martin
Favorite place to read a book: On my couch in my 'reading room'
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Dagny Taggert - Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: At 40, when I finally got the guts to try.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: To my own surprise, I'm reading ebooks almost exclusively nowadays. So light, portable, and I can increase the font size!
The last book I read: The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare - Kimberly Brock - Highly recommend!
Pen & paper or computer: Computer - even I can't read my writing!
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Scout To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee. I too was an incorrigible tomboy!
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: A full time fisher-woman!
Favorite decade in fashion history: 70's - denim and flannel, baby!
Place I’d most like to travel: Alaska - going next year!
My signature drink: Coffee - black
Favorite artist: Oh, impossible question! If you narrowed it down, it would still be hard!
Number one on my bucket list: Bestselling author, and if I'm getting wild - a movie deal.
Anything else you'd like to add: Thank you for the opportunity!
Find more from the author:
Website: https://lauradrakebooks.com/
My fb group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/753367188406020
Twitter: @lauradrakebooks
Instagram: @lauradrakebooks
Author Bio: Laura Drake is a New York and self-published published author of Women's Fiction and Romance. Her debut, The Sweet Spot, was a double-finalist, then won the 2014 Romance Writers of America® RITA® award. She’s since published 12 more books. She is a founding member of Women’s Fiction Writers Assn, Writers in the Storm blog.
Laura is a city girl who never grew out of her tomboy ways, or a serious cowboy crush. She gave up the corporate CFO gig to write full time. She realized a lifelong dream of becoming a Texan and is currently working on her accent. She's a wife, grandmother, and motorcycle chick in the remaining waking hours.