Priscilla Paton
Author Interview - Priscilla Paton
Author of SHOULD GRACE FAIL
“When a disgraced policeman who rescues addicts and trafficking victims is murdered, Detectives Erik Jansson and Deb Metzger have their skills put to the test as killers target a vulnerable girl, an empathetic pianist, and a man generous to a fault.”
Author Interview - Priscilla Paton
Author I draw inspiration from: Usually the author of the last book I read. In general, Louise Penny and Mindy Mejia for mystery writing, and literary novelist Richard Russo for his combination of tragedy, humor, and compassion.
Author Interview - Priscilla Paton
Favorite place to read a book: Next to a window with a view of trees and birds
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Nero Wolfe's Archie Goodwin. He'd be good company and figure out how to restart the elevator.
Author Interview - Priscilla Paton
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: When I could first read. More precisely, when I could first hold a volume of the MY BOOKHOUSE series, 1928 edition. We had an inherited set in our farmhouse when I was growing up in Maine and I read every page.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: All of the above.
The last book I read: THE HOUSE OF BROKEN ANGELS, by Luis Alberto Urrea
Author Interview - Priscilla Paton
Pen & paper or computer: Computer, though I jot down ideas on note pads and later can't make sense of them.
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Hmm, we give literary characters so many issues that they can be difficult. When I was young, Trixie Belden. Now, Deborah Crombie's detective pair Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James.
Author Interview - Priscilla Paton
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: I had been a professor of American literature, with a side interest in art. Now--maybe a nature photographer, no weddings.
Favorite decade in fashion history: The 1940s. Lauren Bacall's suits in TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT and THE BIG SLEEP
Place I’d most like to travel: The Amalfi Coast, Italy. Sun, scenery, food, wine.
My signature drink: A chilled crisp white wine
Favorite artist: Winslow Homer--his oils of the Maine Coast and his watercolors of the Caribbean.
Number one on my bucket list: Visit my twin granddaughters.
Anything else you'd like to add: If I'm not writing, thinking about writing, or reading to inspire writing, I don't know what I'd do with myself.
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Author Bio: Priscilla grew up on a dairy farm in Maine, a state of woods, lakes, and rivers. She now lives in Minnesota, another state of woods, lakes, and rivers, not far from urban Minneapolis and St. Paul. She received a B.A. from Bowdoin College, a Ph.D. in English Literature from Boston College, and was a college professor. She has previously published a children’s book, HOWARD AND THE SITTER SURPRISE, and a book on Robert Frost and Andrew Wyeth, ABANDONED NEW ENGLAND. She participates in community advocacy and literacy programs, takes photos of birds, and contemplates (fictional) murder.
The first in the Twin Cities Mystery series, Where Privacy Dies, was a finalist for a 2018 Foreword Indies Book Award. You can follow Priscilla on her website “Priscilla Paton” (priscillapaton.com), Goodreads (priscillapaton), Facebook (priscillapatonmystery), and Twitter (@priscilla_paton).
