#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Allison Brook/Marilyn Levinson
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I’d like the welcome the fabulous Allison Brook/Marilyn Levinson back to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday.
Favorite thing to do when you have free time:
Shop online; read; do a Sudoku puzzle
The thing you’ll always move to the bottom of your to do list:
Straightening up the area around my computer; going through my closet to remove clothes I haven't worn in a very long time.
Hardest thing about being a writer:
Sitting down to write each day
Easiest thing about being a writer:
Getting up from writing for the day. Doing an author takeover and chatting with readers
Things you will run to the store for at midnight: ice cream
Things you never put on your shopping list: soda, fake whipped cream
Favorite snacks: Chocolate bark, pistachio nuts
Things that make you want to gag: marshmallows, oreo cookies
Something you’re really good at: knitting, cooking, writing, speaking to a group
Something you’re really bad at: using a sewing machine; drawing
Something you wanted to be when you were a kid: a ballerina or an author
Something you do that you never dreamed you’d do: being a somewhat successful author
Last best thing you ate: dark chocolate
Last thing you regret eating: too much dark chocolate
Favorite places you’ve been: England, South of France, Machu Picchu, Mexico
Places you never want to go to again: Caribbean
Favorite things to do: reading, yoga, dining out, watching films and British shows
Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: being an officer of an organization, cleaning, straightening up my papers and things
Recommendations for curing writer’s block: Go back a few pages before writer's block set in and see where you strayed from your story; take a break from writing.
Things you do to avoid writing: read emails, shop online, make phone calls.
About Allison:
A former Spanish teacher, Marilyn Levinson writes mysteries, romantic suspense, and novels for young readers.
As Allison Brook, Marilyn writes the Haunted Library mystery series, which has received many accolades. Death Overdue, the first book in ther series,was an Agatha nomination for Best Contemporary Novel, a Library Journal "Pick of the Month" and on Goodreads' list of the 200 "Most Popular Books Published in October 2017.
The Devil's Pawn, is a horror-suspense YA that will give you chills but leave you smiling when you've read the last page. Her Golden Age of Mystery Book Club mysteries have received many wonderful reviews. Murder a la Christie, the first in the series, was a King Rivers Life Magazine's "Best of 2014" and on Book Town's 2014 Summer Mystery Reading List. Professor Lexie Driscoll leads discussions about Christie novels as she solves the murders of various members of her book club. In the sequel, Murder the Tey Way, Lexie and the book club talk about Josephine Tey's mysteries as she investigates murders and unravels secrets.
Untreed Reads has brought out new e-editions of Marilyn's Twin Lakes mysteries: A Murderer Among Us, awarded a Suspense Magazine Best Indie and on Book Town's Summer Reading List. The sequel, Murder in the Air, was on Book Town's Fall Reading List. Both books will soon be available as audiobooks. Uncial Press e-publishes her ghost mystery, Giving Up the Ghost, and her romantic suspense, Dangerous Relations. Most of Marilyn's mysteries take place on Long Island, where she lives.
Her books for young readers include No Boys Allowed, Rufus and Magic Run Amok, which was awarded a "Children's Choice." Getting Back to Normal & And Don't Bring Jeremy.
Marilyn loves traveling, reading, knitting, doing Sudoku, and visiting with her grandchildren, Olivia and Jack, on FaceTime. She is co-founder and past president of the Long Island chapter of Sisters in Crime.
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