#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Michelle Prosser

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I’d like to welcome author Michelle Prosser to the blog today!

A few of your favorite things: Expensive chocolate, Champaign, books, my Kindle, and my yoga mat

Things you need to throw out: Skunky wine, cheap chocolate, much of my freezer.

Things you need for your writing sessions: Solitude, quiet, nature and a calm mind

Things that hamper your writing: Interruptions, people talking to me, loud music, worry and anxiety.

Things you love about writing: Being in the flow

Things you hate about writing: Too much sitting

Things you never want to run out of: Comfortable shoes

Things you wish you’d never bought: Shoes that looked comfortable but are torture devices

Words that describe you: Deep thinker, bubbly, positive, and loving

Words that describe you, but you wish they didn’t: Bossy, anxious, caretaker, family matriarch (I’m TOO young but that is what everyone calls me)

Favorite foods: Lobster, shrimp, Brussel sprouts, filet mignon, tiramisu, brownies

Things that make you want to gag: Blue cheese, dill pickles

Favorite music or song: Bridge Over Troubled Waters (my Dad used to play it on the piano when I was going to sleep as a kid)

Music that drives you crazy: Heavy metal

Something you like to do: Climb Machu Picchu in Peru

Something you wish you’d never done: White water rafting on the Gauley River in Class 5 rapids. Boat hit a rock and broke a passenger’s leg. Was positive I would orphan my 3 little kids.

Things to say to an author: Beautiful turn of phrase, you took me there, your prose shimmered

Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: You are a hack,

Favorite books (or genre): Magical Realism

Books you wouldn’t buy: Mean gossip and lies whether Hollywood or politics

People you’d like to invite to dinner (living): Oprah Winfrey

People you’d cancel dinner on: Tucker Carlson

Things that make you happy: Dancing, writing, hiking, yoga, hanging with my family

Things that drive you crazy: Being stuck with certain family members

Most embarrassing moment: Two of them: As a junior in high school my halter dress fell down at a Homecoming dance. As an adult being asked to be the executive coach for the man who was my date when my dress fell down. I knew at that point he was gay and was probably over it but I wasn’t!

Proudest moment: I was a speaker at the Virginia Festival of the Book and many of my coaching clients, friends and Festival participants came to support me. The room was overflowing with 200 people and my children and family sat in the front row.  The bookseller sold out of my books, and I spent an hour autographing books for both loved ones and strangers. People I barely knew came and videotaped it to put it online.  I was so touched!

The coolest person you’ve ever met: Rosa Parks

The celebrity who didn’t look like he/she did in pictures/video: Daryl Hannah

The nicest thing a reader said to you: You changed my life

The craziest thing a reader said to you: Your book is not based on Scripture

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About Michelle:

Michelle Epiphany Prosser, is Director of Talent Development and Learning for the Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA). Previously she served as Assistant Vice President/Learning Manager at Union Bank & Trust and as Director of Employee Development & Engagement for Lumos Networks.

Since 2001 she has been President of Energy Focus Coaching and Consulting either as a full-time or part-time consultant. In 2011 she established the Leadership program at Virginia Military Institute for staff and faculty which she continues to lead through the VMI Center for Leadership and Ethics (CLE). She holds an M.A. in communication studies from the University of Virginia and is a trained executive coach. Prosser is working towards Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Organizational Innovation at Marymount University.

Prosser is a published author of Team Medicine, Coaching Your Team to Success with Native American Wisdom by Maven House in 2019 which is the first team-building book to draw upon the wisdom of the Native American tradition for a philosophy and tools for strengthening teams. Team Medicine is for leaders who work in organizations that value collaborative teams. It focuses on how teams progress through the stages of the Medicine Wheel (similar to forming, storming, norming, and performing) and the key concepts of working together in a Sacred Circle. She is also the author of the coaching/spiritual book Excuse Me, Your God is Waiting, Love Your God, Create Your Life, Find Your True Self published by Hampton Roads Publishing Company in 2008. She is completing a book that uses Native American archetypes as models for leadership energy entitled Leadership Medicine.

 Before becoming a coach, Prosser worked for twenty years in government and politics, including leadership positions for three Virginia governors and a congressman.

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#ThisorThatThursday Interview with Caramel Lucas

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I’d like to welcome author, Caramel Lucas to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!

A few of your favorite things: I like Green Tea, Clothes and Wigs

Things you need to throw out: All of my old shoes and clothes. I keep everything because I am afraid I will need it later.

Things you love about writing: Writing gives me the opportunity to become any character I choose to be.

Things you hate about writing: I hate when I have writers block. When I am writing I want to be able to focus on what I am writing.

Hardest thing about being a writer: The hardest thing for me is getting started to writing and what I am going to write about.

Easiest thing about being a writer: The easy for me is when I have started writing it becomes a easy flow.

Words that describe you: I am a person who always keeps it real. I am a person who is loyal and have a lot of respect for people until they crossed me with disrespect. I have a heart of gold and I would do anything for people who needs my help.

Favorite foods: Seafood - Crabs, Fish, Shrimp

Favorite music or song: R&B . I don't have a favorite song because I love music and I love meaningful  music.

Music that drives you crazy: Metal music drives me completely crazy because I never know what they are saying.

Things you always put in your books: I love putting romance in my books. I am a huge fan of love and romance.

Things to say to an author: Being an author you have to love writing and what it means to write. Writing becomes your life and you must have the passion for writing for the reading to have a passion for your writing.

The coolest person you’ve ever met: Oprah Winfrey

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Caramel is a motivated entrepreneur and continues to reach for the stars. Caramel is a Podcaster  Host with her own show called Keepin It Real w/Caramel "As We Say 100" on Anchor.fm which has  a very wide digital platform. She interviews entrepreneurs who want to be heard and give her listeners inspirational and motivational messages as well as give the entrepreneurs a chance to let  the world know the impact they are making in the world.

In 2018, Caramel became a Published Poet with Eber & Wein Publishing and Poetry Nation. She  was published in the Upon Arrival Edition and Quarantine Edition. Caramel’s novel is  "In Love With The Other Man with Authorhouse.

She has been in  many music videos, magazines hardcopy/online and have won many modeling competitions. She  has directed many music videos & commercials. Caramel never stops in her acting career she has  been in many acting gigs such as an extra "News Reporter" on the movie "Recount" with John  Travolta on HBO Productions, Room 236, The Kupid Killer, The Gathering, Dead Con, Logistics, etc.  She has her IMDB credits for her acting. Meanwhile, she had a great opportunity to auditions for the  TV shows "She Got The Look," "Bad Girls Club" and “America's Got Talent” which they all were  great experiences. Caramel was in two National Commercials for Sports Authority and Dick  Sporting Goods.

In 2010 Caramel was Ms On Air Personality for Hot1079, myblockradio.net &myblocktv.net out of  Charlotte, NC (704djs). She had her own shows "Grown and Sexy" every Sunday and on Tuesday  and Thursday "Silk Music."

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#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Kristi Charish

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I’d like to welcome author, Kristi Charish, to the blog today for #ThisorThatThursday.

A few of your favorite things: Coffee, green tea, Pacific coast rocky shorelines, and my SPF 50 sunscreen.  

 Things you need to throw out: All my old iPhones...seriously, why do I keep finding them in my drawers? AI revolution? Possibly.

Things you need for your writing sessions: hummingbird feeder (best conflict prompts ever!), coffee (caffeine is becoming a theme), a device capable of running Word.

Favorite foods: Basil - I used to make salads out of basil, heavy on the oregano and thyme...there might have been vegetables in there too.

Favorite music or song: I have two bands on my playlist favorites - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour and The Dandy Warhols.

Favorite beverage: Besides coffee? I adore a hoppy, dank, musky west coast hazy IPA. Thankfully British Columbia is famous for both!

Favorite smell: Sandalwood, basil, and old fashioned sunscreen.

Something you’re really bad at: Ok, be honest now, how many other authors on this blog were tempted, sheerly out of principle, to choose writing on this one? ;-) 

Something you wish you could do: Ride a motorbike. I’ve gotten as far as my Cook Island scooter license.

The last thing you ordered online: Second hand clothes! I love reusing and there are some absolute fashion treasures to be found. The depreciation that happens as soon as an item leaves Nordstrom should be a wonder of the world.

The last thing you regret buying: Always lipstick. I hate wearing it and - let’s be honest- rarely does it make anyone look good. Lip balm all the way! Also, I regret this keyboard. PSA: Don’t bargain shop for a keyboard on Amazon. You will be underwhelmed.

Things you’d walk a mile for: My morning coffee. No competition. I’m pretty certain I’ve done it at least twice.

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About Kristi:

Kristi Charish is the author of KINCAID STRANGE, a paranormal mystery series about a voodoo practitioner living in Seattle with the ghost of a grunge rocker, and THE ADVENTURES OF OWL, an adventure fantasy about ex-archaeology grad student turned international antiquities thief, Alix— better known now as Owl—a modern-day “Indiana Jane” who reluctantly navigates the hidden supernatural world. 

 Kristi writes what she loves; adventure heavy stories featuring strong, savvy female protagonists, pop culture, and the occasional RPG fantasy game thrown in the mix. Kristi is also a scientist. She has a BSc and MSc from Simon Fraser University in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and a PhD in Zoology from the University of British Columbia. She specializes in genetics, cell biology, and molecular biology and gratuitously uses her expertise throughout her fiction. You can find Kristi with her laptop on Vancouver film sets, getting paid to write while filling in the background. 

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#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Vicki Batman

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I’d like to welcome author, Vicki Batman, to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday.

A few of your favorite things: my books, my dogs, handbags, Handsome, family

Things you need to throw out: books I won’t read again, old canned goods

Things you love about writing: words flowing from brain to word doc, polishing to near perfection

Things you hate about writing: marketing--although I like writing blogs

Things you never want to run out of: milk, shampoo, hairspray, dog food, chocolate

Things you wish you’d never bought: jeans that won’t fit

Words that describe you: sassy, funny, tall

Words that describe you, but you wish they didn’t: hmm

Favorite foods: milk, chocolate, cake, donuts, hamburger

Things that make you want to gag:  green peas, any beans or peas, canned veggies.

Favorite music or song: L O V E by Nat King Cole, Pina Colada song, seventies rock

Music that drives you crazy: have to say rap

Favorite beverage: Dr Pepper
Something that gives you a sour face: coffee

Things you always put in your books: handbags, donuts, a handsome hero with an eye twinkle

Things you never put in your books: snakes

 Favorite places you’ve been: Luzerne, Switzerland, Colorado

Place you never want to go to again: Istanbul, Turkey

Most embarrassing moment: Miss Oak Lawn Moped
Proudest moment: Publishing my first story

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About Vicki:

Funny, sweet, and quirky, Vicki Batman’s stories are full of her hallmark humor, romance, and will delight all readers. She has sold many award-winning and bestselling romantic comedy works to magazines and most recently, three humorous romantic mysteries. An avid Jazzerciser. Handbag lover. Mahjong player. Yoga practitioner. Movie fan. Book devourer. Cat fancier. Best Mom ever. And adores Handsome Hubby.

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#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Kerry Cox

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I’d like to welcome author, Kerry Cox, to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday.

Favorite music or song: As a mediocre ex-drummer in what was a pretty good bar band, I like and appreciate an eclectic range of music, which is why you’ll find such varied artists as Tom Waits, BB King, Jimmy Buffet, Eminem, Caro Emerald, Leon Redbone, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Dean Martin, Luther Allison, Big Rude Jake, Eminem, James Taylor, and Gypsy Kings on my IPod.

Music that drives you crazy: I can’t handle the male vocalists today who whine their way through a tune. It’s not just the pitch, it’s the tonality. Makes me nuts.

Favorite beverage: Beer.
Something that gives you a sour face: When there’s no beer.

Favorite smell: Lavender. I plant it everywhere. Where I live, the fact that it’s drought tolerant and deer resistant is another great reason to plant it.

Something that makes you hold your nose: Litter boxes. And we have a number of them, because my wife has been active in feral cat/kitten rescue for decades. So, I built waterproof outdoor enclosures, accessible through cat doors from the house, for all the litter boxes.

Something you’re really good at: Swimming. I’ve been swimming since—well, home movies show my first lesson at 6 months old. I played water polo at Oregon State University, taught swimming and coached a youth swim team for years.

Something you’re really bad at: Modesty. Just kidding, I’m great at modesty.

Something you wish you could do: Play boogie-woogie piano.

Something you wish you’d never learned to do: Honestly, there isn’t a thing I regret learning. Life is about learning; when you stop learning, you’re either dead, or you might as well be.

Things to say to an author: “This is crisp, authentic dialogue that moves the story along nicely, well done!”

Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: “You should write a story about the crazy people at my job.”

Favorite books (or genre): My favorite novel is A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole. That said, my favorite genre remains the one I write in: crime fiction, from procedurals to thrillers.

Books you wouldn’t buy: Fantasy, Historical Romance, Slasher Horror, Cookbooks.

Favorite things to do: I love the outdoors and play a variety of sports, so whether I’m kayaking, playing pickleball, or landscaping my yard, I’m a happy guy. I love working with stone, growing my own vegetables, and the volunteer rescue work I do with Pacific Wildlife Care and The Marine Mammal Center here on the Central Coast.

Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: I hate cleaning the shower. I hate working high up on a ladder. I detest standing in long lines. No matter what, I will never go to Disneyland again.

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 About Kerry:

When I was a kid, I didn’t want to be a policeman, or fireman, or astronaut, or major league third baseman. I wanted to be a forest ranger.

Okay, also a major league third baseman. Y’know, as a summer job.

But it turned out my inability to comprehend biochem made a career in wildlife management as realistic as my chances of starting for the Dodgers.

So, after four years at Oregon State University I declared myself graduated, and returned home to Southern California. There I taught swimming, karate, and pre-school while I sold articles to various magazines, wrote children’s shows for The Disney Channel, and eventually became a full-time writer.

And because one of my childhood dreams lives on, I now write novels focused on the dark underworld of wildlife trafficking, and work with various wildlife, marine mammal, and feral cat/kitten groups as a rescue volunteer along California’s Central Coast.

I’m still waiting on that call from the Dodgers.

I live by the ocean in Cambria, California with my wife and a clowder of cats.

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#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Kerry Peresta

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I’d like to welcome author, Kerry Peresta, to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!

A few of your favorite things: My three cats, the sun faces I collect and hang on an exterior wall, my long view of the Lowcountry marsh off my deck. Good red wine. Jazz. Oh, I guess I should add my husband.

Things you love about writing: I lose myself and time can pass very quickly. How a scene develops under my hands. Editing after the first draft is done, which is much like fine-tuning a piece of sculpture by scraping away the bits that don’t work and polishing the bits that do.

Hardest thing about being a writer: Promotion. Who has time to set this stuff up? But we have to.

Things you never want to run out of: Easy…coffee and wine.

Words that describe you: Optimistic. Stylish. Fun. Nurturing.

Words that describe you, but you wish they didn’t: Decisive. Blunt. Opinionated. (These traits do not work in my favor sometimes…)

Favorite foods: Filet, quiche, asparagus

Things that make you want to gag: Onions. Liver. FISH, and anything else that comes from a body of water. Yuck.

Something you’re really good at: Interior decorating. Loving my grandkids. Cardio & weight training. Makeup.

Things that make you want to run screaming from the room: Arrogant, condescending people.

Things you always put in your books: A pet. Dog or cat.

Things you never put in your books: Sex scene.

Things to say to an author: I could not put down your book!!

People you’d like to invite to dinner (living): Jeff Goldblum. Vincent D’Onofrio. Stephen Furtick. Angie Harmon, Louise Jensen. (This list changes often.)

Proudest moment: Those moments I see my grown kids fulfill their unique, wonderful purpose in life. For instance, one of my kids was destined to sing. When she steps onto a stage, I cry every time.

About Kerry:

Kerry’s publishing credits include a popular newspaper column, “The Lighter Side,” (2009—2011), and magazine articles in Local Life Magazine, The Bluffton Breeze, Lady Lowcountry, and Island Events Magazine. She is the author of two novels, The Hunting, women’s fiction, and The Deadening, psychological suspense. She spent twenty-five years in advertising as an account manager, creative director, and copywriter. She is past chapter president of the Maryland Writers’ Association and a current member and presenter of Hilton Head Island Writers’ Network, and the Sisters in Crime organization. Recently, she worked as editor and contributor for Island Communications, a local publishing house. Kerry and her husband moved to Hilton Head five years ago. She is the mother of four adult children, and has a bunch of wonderful grandkids who keep life interesting and remind her what life is all about.

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The Deadening

Olivia Callahan’s quiet, orderly life is shattered when she regains consciousness in a hospital and discovers she is paralyzed and cannot remember a thing. The fragmented voices she hears around her help her piece together that an apparent assault landed her in the hospital, but nobody knows who attacked her, or why. After a chilling struggle to survive, she awakens from a coma unable to remember what happened to her or anything at all, except she has been told she is an entirely different person. Or is she?

Now, in spite of a brain injury that has rewired her personality, Olivia is on a mission to reclaim her life. As clarity surfaces and she starts to understand who she was, she is shocked. Had she really been that person? And if so, does she want her old life back?

#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with C. L. Tolbert

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I’d like to welcome author, C. L. Tolbert to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday.

A few of your favorite things:

My mother’s antique cloisonne apple. I store my rings in at night; family photos; my daughter’s ballet toe shoes; my son’s first poem; my wedding ring

Things you need for your writing sessions:

My computer, a desk, a chair, and relative silence

Things that hamper your writing:

Noise! I find certain noises distracting when I’m writing, especially people talking, or telephone calls. I also find loud music disturbing, so if I plan to write at a coffee shop, I visit on days when the barista in charge plays music more to my liking.

Things you love about writing:

I enjoy the process of writing. I love creating new characters and putting the old characters through the rigor of new circumstances. Plot development is always the first step, and scratches the same itch as completing a crossword or another sort of puzzle. Character development is next, then action. I write in stages and enjoy every one of them.

Hardest thing about being a writer:

The most difficult thing about being a writer is knowing when to stop editing. If it weren’t for deadlines, I’d edit forever.

Things you never want to run out of:

Books, pens, pencils, paper, watercolors

Favorite smell:

New babies, new puppies, springtime breezes

Something you wish you could do:

Snow ski

Something you like to do:

I like to write, and I enjoy reading. I also like playing tennis although I’m terrible at it. I enjoy walking when the weather is nice, and yoga, even on the worst of days.

Things you always put in your books:

Although my books are mysteries, each book has an issue of social justice at its center.

Favorite places you’ve been:

Florence, Venice, Paris, London, Istanbul, New York, Edinburgh, San Francisco, New Orleans, and Charleston

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About C. L.:

In 2010, Cynthia Tolbert won the Georgia Bar Journal’s fiction contest for the short story version of OUT FROM SILENCE.  Cynthia developed that story into the first full-length novel of the Thornton Mystery Series, which was published by Level Best Books in December of 2019. Her second book in this same series, entitled THE REDEMPTION, which is set in New Orleans, will be released in February of 2021.  

Both books are legal procedurals, but they turn on complex characters, sympathetic suspects, and an attorney determined to find the truth. Adam, the protagonist in the first book, OUT FROM SILENCE, is deaf, and accused of killing his girlfriend. Louis, the protagonist in THE REDEMPTION, is only sixteen, and accused of killing two men. Their struggles to face their fear and to help their attorney prepare their defense is their greatest challenge.  

Cynthia has a Master’s in Special Education and taught children with learning disabilities before moving on to law school. She spent most of her legal career working as defense counsel to large corporations and traveled throughout the country as regional and national counsel. She also had the unique opportunity of teaching third-year law students in a clinical program at a law school in New Orleans where she ran the Homelessness Law Clinic and learned, first hand, about poverty in that city. The experiences and impressions she has collected from the past forty years contribute to the stories she writes today.

She has four children, and three grandchildren, and lives in Atlanta with her husband and schnauzer.

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#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Tosca Lee

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I’d like to welcome Tosca Lee back to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday.

Favorite thing to do when you have free time: Eat stuff like biscuits and gravy. Travel if I can, or watch TV and movies if I can’t. Wait… I feel like I should say “read a book.” But given a night at home, I’m eating buttered popcorn and watching Cobra Kai with my handsome hubby. :D

The thing you’ll always move to the bottom of your to do list: Taxes. Submitting health insurance receipts. Going to the dentist. Washing my hair. For real—people with long hair know washing, drying, and styling your hair is an hour of your life you’ll never get back.

Things you need when you’re in your writing cave: Snacks. Many, please. Mostly salty or buttery or greasy. Buttered popcorn will do. Fritos are great. Bacon is best. But bad for keyboards.

Things that distract you from writing: TV. My kids. My handsome hubby. My cuticles. Anything outside the window. Okay, anything.

Hardest thing about being a writer: Writing
Easiest thing about being a writer: Loving on my fans.

Something you’re really good at: Somehow along the way I became a decent cook of a few, select dishes.
Something you’re really bad at: Drawing. My fans sometimes ask me to draw pictures of specific things or people (Wonder Woman, my dogs…) when I sign books. They’re all stick figures. Everyone laughs.

Last best thing you ate: A double cheeseburger.

Last thing you regret eating: Haha, I regret nothing when it comes to eating.

Favorite things to do: Got to the movies. Wake up beside my husband. Hug my readers.
Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: Getting a tooth pulled. Eating bugs.

Best thing you’ve ever done: Marring my husband.
Biggest mistake: Dating anyone else.

Things you will run to the store for at midnight: Buttered popcorn (okay, the movie theater, not the store)

Things you never put on your shopping list: Quinoa.

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About Tosca:

Tosca Lee is the New York Times bestselling author of eleven novels including The Line Between, A Single Light, The Progeny, The Legend of Sheba, Iscariot, and the Books of Mortals series with New York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker. Her work has been translated into seventeen languages and optioned for TV and film. She is best known for her meticulous research, masterful prose, unexpected points of view, and high-octane thrillers.

Lee is the recipient of numerous awards including two International Book Awards, Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion in Science Fiction (beating one of her own books for the win), Literary Titan gold, Top Shelf Magazine Editor’s Choice Award, and the ELCA Book of the Year in Fiction for her portrayal of the infamous betrayer of Christ in Iscariot, which Publisher’s Weekly calls “impeccable and masterful.” The Legend of Sheba was a finalist for the same award the following year. In addition to the New York Times, her books have appeared on the IndieBound, Amazon, iTunes, Barnes & Noble, and Christian bestseller lists, Library Journal’s Best Of lists, and as part of Target Stores’ “Target Recommends” program.

She has been called the “queen of psychological twists,” and “in a league of her own,” her work praised by Publisher’s Weekly, The Historical Novel Society, Kirkus, Booklist, Woman’s World, Romantic Times, BookReporter, BookRiot, The San Francisco Book Review, The Dallas Morning News, and The Midwest Book Review as “deeply human…” “powerful…” and “mind-bending.” She can currently be heard on American Airlines’ in-flight entertainment system on the Beautiful Writers podcast alongside writing luminaries Lee Child, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Dean Koontz.

Lee is best known among fans, however, for her personal connection with and devotion to her readers, with whom she regularly shares home life from the family farm live, featuring her giant German Shepherd Timber and rotund Black Labrador, Charlie—the true stars of Story Time with Tosca.

Lee lives with her husband and three of four step-children still at home in Nebraska and posts her adventures as an author, city-girl-turned-farmer’s-wife, and insta-mom of four—on social media. To learn more about Tosca, please visit: www.toscalee.com.        

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