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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...

I no longer work in television. My life as a writer is much quieter now. Every morning, I get the kids off to school, kick my husband out the door to work, and settle in at my desk for two hours of morning writing, always with coffee...

How did you celebrate International Women’s Day? By working on another novel centered on the forces of nature that were 19th century African-American women. Was there a woman who helped you get where you are today? The women who helped me were my mom, aunts, teachers, church...

How are you planning to celebrate international women’s day? I hate to admit this but…I spend most holidays the same way—working. But I will give the day my all, push through whatever obstacles are in my way, and meet my goals. Satisfaction in a job well done...

Jo Stewart is a Melbourne-based freelance writer who writes about travel, pop culture, nature and the community. Her work has been published in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, VICE, yen, International Traveller and The Saturday Paper. Jo has been writing since she could pick up a crayon...

Thriller writer Nick Cutter first won over our hearts in 2014, with the release of The Troop, a terrifying tale of a troop of boys who are led into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip, only to have things go downhill fast. He’s been causing our...

Hera’s blog tells us that "HERA LINDSAY BIRD is a poet from Wellington. She has an MA in poetry from the International Institute of Modern Letters where she won the 2011 Adam Prize for best folio. Her debut, self-titled book of poetry 'HERA LINDSAY BIRD' was published in...