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I'm flattered to have been invited to make a contribution to Kobo's literary celebration of Canada's 150th birthday. I am, however, hardly qualified with but one book, A Season in Hell - my 130 Days in the Sahara with Al Qaeda, notched on my literary belt. Photo source...

We had high tea with Kevin Kwan and talked about how rich is rich, which luxuries matter most to him, and how to tell where someone got their face done.

If there is a sub-genre of fiction called “survival fiction”, Claire Cameron is its superstar. Her 2014 bestselling novel, The Bear, tells the story of two small children fending for themselves in the wilds of Algonquin Park after their parents are killed by a bear. Her latest novel...

When did you first fall in love with romance as a genre? The first romance I ever read was Silhouette in high school in Mumbai. One of my friend’s aunt had written it under a super-secret pseudonym. This friend had one copy that we all shared in...

When did you first fall in love with romance as a genre? Probably in my teens, when I was meant to be studying and instead was lured away by the pictures of women in beautiful dresses on the front covers. My first exposure as a reader was...

When did you first fall in love with romance as a genre? As a teenager. I was an avid reader of Sweet Valley High and Christopher Pike in my early teens and then at sixteen I discovered my mom’s Danielle Steele and Jackie Collins books. Those two...

When did you first fall in love with romance as a genre? When I was a junior in college, I visited a new and used bookstore just off campus for a hard-to-find textbook. They had a section of romance novels, all dog-eared and well loved. While the...

When did you first fall in love with romance as a genre? At fifteen, with a Harlequin Romance, Where Seagulls Cry by Yvonne Whittal. Who are some of your author-ly inspirations? Christine Feehan, Linda Howard, Angela Knight, Shayla Black, Nalini Singh, JD Robb… just to name a...

When did you first fall in love with romance as a genre? When I was sixteen. I picked Shanna by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss out of my mom’s bookcase. I fell in love from page one. Who are some of your authorly inspirations? I have so many! I...

When did you first fall in love with romance as a genre? The first time I read Shanna by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss in the late 1970s. Who are some of your authorly inspirations? Nora Roberts, Linda Howard, Judith McNaught, and so many more! Fill in the blank...