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KATI HIEKKAPELTO: THE HUMMINGBIRD IS ABOUT RACISM, IMMIGRATION AND HONOR
Kati Hiekkapelto showed her talent in the last few years. She became a famous writer in her home country of Finland. Her novel The Hummingbird was released on English by Arcadia Books on December 23 2014. As you know Land of Books loves to present foreign language authors, so we are sure you will learn a lot more about Kati after you read the following lines.
– Kati, Give us some insight about The Hummingbird?
– Young girl is found dead from the remote jogging path with an Aztec amulet in her pocket, shot by a shotgun, straight to head. At the same time another young girl, Kurdish, calls 911 because she is afraid that her dad is going to kill her.
Anna Fekete starts a new job as a crime investigator after being several years in uniform. The beginning is not easy for her. The cases, she has investigate, are hard, she has to face racist and misogynist attitudes from her colleagues, especially her partner Esko Niemi is a difficult and nasty person. Anna´s past begins to haunt her. She suffers from severe sleeping problems and panic attacks. When more bodies with amulets in their pockets are found, it seems obvious that there is a serial killer out there.
For me The Hummingbird is a book about racism, immigration and honor related violence. For readers I wanted it to be an exciting crime story with strong characters where you can find, if you want, deeper layers and something more to think about than just “who is the murderer”.
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ERIC RICKSTAD: I PUT ALL I HAD INTO MY NOVEL REAP
Eric Rickstad’s The Silent Girls became one of the hottest mystery horror titles in Amazon. Currently the novel resides in Top 30 of the most downloaded Kindle books. Our next guest has one more published novel – Reap, which was his official literary debut.
– Eric, The Silent Girls won a lot of fans of dark mystery thriller genre. Did you expect the novel to be part of Top 40 bestselling Kindle books?
– Its success has come as a very pleasant surprise to me. One never knows how readers will respond, though my publisher, Harper Collins, has done a superb job reaching reader. I am glad the readers have responded so enthusiastically and the book has struck a nerve. Its momentum is continuing and gaining more fans each day, now a #1 horror thriller and Top 25 mystery in the UK and Canada.
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RUSSELL BITTNER: MADAME BOVARY AND ANNA KARENINA WERE “THE MODELS” OF TROMPE-L’OEIL
Russell Bittner’s Trompe-l’oeil was described by the readers as “sexy and sophisticated read”, “a fascinating mixture of sensuality and romanticism”, “prose as its best”. The book gathered nice 4.5 average Amazon stars from 39 reviews. Our next guest’s prose publications have appeared over the years in journals/magazines. Lets welcome in Land of Books Mr. Russell Bittner.
– What is your book Trompe-l’oeil about?
– Trompe-l’oeil is, in a nutshell, a modern-day love story. What makes it modern? Its explicitness. That, and the fact that the usual roles are reversed. The principal female character is about a decade older than the principal male character.
KARPOV KINRADE: WE WERE SURPRISED BY HITCHED’S SUCCESS
Together in life, together in work. This is the flash non-fiction story of Kimberly and Dmitry, who are teaming up to produce Karpov Kinrade’s books. They are writing in many different genres with success. Their novel Hitched became USA Today Bestseller and found a place in Top 20 Amazon Kindle books. With pleasant assistance of Anne Chaconas from Badass Marketing Land of Books managed to question our next guests.
– Kimberly and Dmitry, did you expect your last novel Hitched to climb up among Top 20 Amazon ranks and to become USA Today Bestseller?
– We certainly hoped it would! But still we were surprised and excited when it did.
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SUSAN STOKER: MY NEW SERIES TEXAS HEROES IS STARTING IN AUGUST
Susan Stoker is a Texan author specialized in SEAL romance stories. She has firsthand experience being married to an army veteran. Both of her series SEAL of Protection and Beyond Reality are well respected by the readers with very high Amazon rating and grateful reviews.
In our next interview we will receive valuable info about the future plans of Susan Stoker and something more about her person.
– Susan, SEAL of Protection series continues with the next two episodes – Protecting Summer and Marrying Caroline. What the readers may expect from your new novels?
– Marrying Caroline is a novella that includes the people from the first three books. It’s about Caroline and Wolf’s engagement and wedding (the couple from the first book in the series). Because they were first, I wanted to show their wedding because a lot of people are emotionally involved with them…and they are featured in every book in the series. Protecting Summer continues with the men on the SEAL team and introduces Mozart.
As far as what to expect…more hunky SEAL goodness and strong women that get into hairy situations and need help getting out of them.
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SUZANNE MUNSHOWER: ANNA FROM YOUNGER HAS A LOT IN COMMON WITH MYSELF
Suzanne Munshower’s Younger topped the Kindle Amazon bestselling list in the last few days. The medical thriller received many positive comments by the readers and currently is standing with average 4 stars from 57 Amazon reviews. Our next guest worked many things in her life. In the following chat she will let us know how she became a writer and how excited was for her to see Younger on the top of Amazon list.
– Suzanne, what is your book Younger about?
– Younger is about a 57-year-old woman who has lived too well and taken her privileged position for granted too long, so that when she loses her last remaining public relations account, she ignores her better judgment and accepts an offer to “test-drive” and market a product designed to take 30 years off the user’s appearance. By the time she figures out she has made a bad decision, dead bodies have piled up and she needs to run for her life, facing the truth about herself as she does so.
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BOOK TO MOVIE ADAPTATION: DIVERGENT TRILOGY
Veronica Roth was 22 when her debut novel Divergent was published. It was just few months before her graduation from Northwestern University with a degree of creative writing, when she received a contract proposal from HarperCollins. What a nice natural advertisement for the Illinois’s educational facility. In the next years Veronica became a star. Huge royalties, book signings with thousands of fans and two more books in the series are just some of the new entries for the writer from New York City.
S.L. ROSS: I DREAMED TO BE THE NEXT ANNE RICE
Land of Books published almost 200 interviews with famous and not so famous authors. Probably the most interesting question for our guests is “Who are you”. Some of the writers answer with one sentence. Others are more generous in their description. For the first time I was really touched by the answer of that question in our next interview with S.L. Ross. She is the author of Immortal Island series. Land of Books is the first stop of Making connections blog tour of her book Spellbound.
– Sabrina, What is your book Immortal Island: Spellbound about?
– My book Spellbound is the first book in the series of Immortal Island, and it is about Sarah Daniels a young woman who doesn’t know the secrets to her or her families past. She soon discovers these secrets when she runs into Chase Gavenport, her soul mate for the past few centuries. He is a vampire but she doesn’t know that right away. He brings her into a world that her real family has been trying to protect her from every time she is reborn. Confused and alone she learns to adapt to this new life she is forced into.
DEBRA WEBB: I KEEP WRITING BECAUSE I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MY READERS
Debra Webb is one of the most productive authors on the planet. In 1998 she sold to a publisher her first novel. 17 years later the master of romantic suspense’s books are highly respected by the readers and critics. Her series Colby Agency and Faces of Evil are well known around the literary world. We’ve got a chance to speak with USA Today bestselling author about her latest projects, self-publishing and herself.
– Your last book Bone Cold is about missing children. You are specialist in crime thrillers, but what is the different in this one?
– Bone Cold leans more toward romantic suspense. I’ve done a number of missing children stories and this one is particularly close to my heart.
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AMALIA CAROSELLA: HELEN OF SPARTA IS INSPIRED BY MY LOVE OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
Amalia Carosella’s history fiction novel Helen of Sparta will be released on April 1. The book is part of Kindle First program and found his place among the Kindle’s Top 10 most wanted titles. Our next guest is known also for writing under the pen name Amalia Dillin. Let’s join her for the following pleasant chat.
– Helen of Sparta will be officially released on April 1. Did you expect the book to be featured as Kindle First and how it happened?
– I did know it was chosen for Kindle First, thanks to my editor Jodi, who championed the book, and I was on pins and needles waiting for the launch! When I discussed the program with Amazon, I just couldn’t even believe it was happening. I’m so, so grateful that they gave HELEN this opportunity!
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