Bonnie Valach Frazier was born in McDowell County, West Virginia. She completed her B.S. English Education 5-12 at Concord College (now University), and her M.Ed. TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from Grand Canyon University. She also studied at Radford University and Virginia Tech. She has taught Kindergarten through college, and loves working with young people. Bonnie is the mother of eight, grandmother of three. She lives with her husband and five children in Virginia.
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Q &A with the Author:
1. Tell us about things you enjoy — what you do for fun or personal
satisfaction besides writing?
I love spending time with my family, especially outdoors. Virginia
has some great places to hike. I also love to swim.
2.When did you first realize you were an author?
I was in 7th grade and had to do a book report on Dear Mr.
Henshaw. My teacher, Alan Petrunger, told me he would buy my book one
day. Sadly, he died 10 years before I published Little Thief.
3. Have you done anything writing-related, but besides actually
writing your books, that seemed to get a lot of positive response? Something
that encouraged you?
I have a blog, that really needs to be updated, and write inspirational
things on Facebook. It makes me happy when something I write uplifts, and
inspires others.
4. What is the thing you struggle with the most while writing? And how
do you defeat it?
Raising a large family, teaching, and life in general take a lot of
time. So my biggest obstacle to writing is giving it the time it
needs. One way that I handle that is by bing writing, like
NaNoWriMo. Little Thief's first draft came out of a crazy November.
Once the first draft is done, I've fallen in love with my characters and want
to give them the very best story I can.
5.What is the “message” of your writing? (For example, is your purpose
to encourage old-fashioned values, encourage romance, or do you have different
purposes in different books?)
I think my purpose is to inspire others that with the right people in
their lives, they can turn things around. We all hold a bad hand at some
point or another. Sometimes we chose it, sometimes it was dealt to us,
but regardless, there is always hope. Love plays a huge role in that, not
cheap, superficial love, but meaningful love.
6. What are your thoughts/feelings on ebook vs. print book?
I'm a very tactile learner. I personally love the feel of holding
a print book in my hand, especially once it is worn a little. But ebooks
are very convenient, and so easy to take with you.
7. How many books do you have out? Are you planning a specific
number altogether, either in this series or separately?
Little Thief is my first novel. I have this weird thing where I struggle
to read the last book in a series because I don't want the story to end, so I
don't know if a series will ever come to me and ask me to write it, because
I'll probably just leave everyone hanging.
8. Are your characters/stories/scenes, etc. based on anything in real
life?
The setting for Little Thief is in the New River Valley of Virginia
where I live. I'm so blessed to live in such a beautiful place, how could
I not share that with my readers. There is a story within the story that
I discovered while asking myself, "What non-heinous crime could someone commit
to end up on the FBI's most wanted list?" That was a refined search
after discovering what most people do to end up on that list. Yikes!
9. What are your future projects?
I have Neon coming out soon. We are in final line
edit phase with it. Fake It is in revision phase (It is my
Alopecia story as a YA novel) , and Obedience's Heart is in
first draft progress. Years ago, I wrote the first and started the second in a
YA Fantasy series (Hmmm....maybe a series has asked me to write it), and I
think I will revisit that.
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