Ann lives in Texas with her husband and rescue pets. She taught reading and other subjects for a number of years before leaving to devote more time to her first love—writing. Reading with children was always her favorite part of teaching.Cool Well Press published her ghostly series for the young at heart, Stevie-girl and the Phantom Pilot, Stevie-girl and The Phantom Student, and Stevie-girl and The Phantom of Crybaby Bridge.
Her adult novels—All For Love, women’s fiction, and the suspense trilogy Stutter Creek, Lilac Lane, and Copper Lake, are all published by 5 Prince Publishing.
Takers, Ann’s foray into speculative fiction, was released earlier this year.
She has won several awards for fiction since her college days and has had short stories and essays published in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, The Binnacle, Timeless, an anthology, Seasonal Sweet, and Suspenseful, an anthology, Jitter Press, Fictionterrifica, The Rusty Nail, The Sandstorm, Reflections, an anthology, and Blue Mountain Review.
Connect with the Author here:
When a small plane crashes behind Jason Lee's rural
home, the spirit of the pilot decides to stick around. What would you do if a
phantom took up residence in your closet? Jase decides to ask Stevie-girl for
help. She's the only kid he's ever seen entering the old haunted Taylor
mansion--alone.
Q&A With the Author:
1. When did you start writing, and was there a specific event or person who
influenced you to become an author?
I’ve been writing since dinosaurs roamed the Earth. My mom,
dad, and Aunt Alma bought books for me on every birthday and Christmas. They
fostered my love of reading, which in turn fostered my interest in writing. I
wanted to be like my author-icons.
2. Are you currently working on a project, and if so, can you tell us
anything about it?
My current project is Stevie-girl BOOK FOUR. I love the title
of this Stevie-girl book so much that I am afraid of jinxing it (by revealing
it too soon), but it is almost finished. However, my next—upcoming—release is
titled THE REMAINS IN THE POND. It is my newest Romantic Suspense novel and
will be published by 5 Prince Books on November 13th.
3. What is your favorite writing snack?
When I’m writing, I have to have my Diet Vanilla Coke and
something crunchy – trail mix or any kind of nuts. If the nuts have a chocolate
coating, so much the better!
4. If you could have dinner with any of your characters, which ones would
you choose? Why? What food would you serve?
I would love to have
dinner with Stevie & Jase. I would serve Stevie’s Inside Out Chocolate Cake
and ask them to tell me their best ghost stories!
5. Did you learn anything from writing your book and what was it?
When I first wrote about
Jase and Stevie, I thought it would be limited to a short story (which is how
it began), but it won a couple of awards and an editor asked if could expand
it, so I did. And it’s still going…I love this pair!
6. How do you relax, or what do you enjoy doing when you are not writing?
Reading, movies, playing
with grandkids, going to the beach (which is a million miles from here) and
walking on my favorite trail while listening to one of my many playlists or
audio books.
7. What is your largest unfulfilled dream, and what are you doing to reach
it?
My unfulfilled dream is
to write the story of my parents’ lives. I’m working on it bit by bit.
8. What do you fear most?
My greatest fear is for
some harm to befall one of my loved ones.
9. What advice would you give someone who wants to write a book some day?
Just start writing.
Write the most important parts first. Don’t worry about making it pretty, just
get it down while it’s fresh. You can always revise later.
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