Sometimes, while finding an author you truly like, you want to know more. You have read the book, seen all about it, time for a little more about the person who wrote it. p. m. terell is without a doubt one of my favorite authors and for reasons beyond her books. I share her love of all things Ireland, want to always know more about it. I had a friend go to Ireland years ago and the pictures she took are just some of the most breathtaking pictures I have ever seen. But..on to the author spotlight!
Please tell us about yourself using 3 verbs, 1 quirk and a
pop culture addiction
Verbs: hard-working, spiritual, altruistic
One quirk: I don’t like surprises. I like to plan things
well in advance and last minute curve balls throw me for a loop.
Pop culture addiction: BBC’s The Musketeers television
series; I confess to being infatuated by Amaris as played by Santiago Cabrera
Top 5 Favorite Things
Romance
Animals
A spring day
First day of vacation
Ireland
This or That?
*US or Ireland? Ireland, hands down
*Coffee or Tea ? frap
*Wine or Beer ? wine
1.
Is this a family-friendly website? My number one might
be best left to the imagination.
2.
Spent with a glass of wine and a great book;
3.
Curled up in front of a romantic movie;
4.
Cooking homemade pasta and sauce;
5.
Returning to Number One above.
p.m.terrell is the pen name for Patricia McClelland Terrell,
the award-winning, internationally acclaimed author of more than twenty books
in four genres: contemporary suspense, historical suspense, computer how-to and
non-fiction.
Prior to writing full-time, she founded two computer
companies in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Among her clients were the
Central Intelligence Agency, United States Secret Service, U.S. Information Agency,
and Department of Defense. Her specialties were in white collar computer crimes
and computer intelligence.
A full-time author since 2002, Black Swamp Mysteries was her
first series, inspired by the success of Exit 22, released in 2008. Vicki’s Key
was a top five finalist in the 2012 International Book Awards and 2012 USA Book
Awards nominee, and The Pendulum Files was a national finalist for the Best
Cover of the Year in 2014.
Her second series, Ryan O’Clery Suspense, is also
award-winning. The Tempest Murders (Book 1) was one of four finalists in the
2013 International Book Awards, cross-genre category. The White Devil of Dublin
(Book 2) was released one year later.
Her historical suspense, River Passage, was a 2010 Best
Fiction and Drama Winner. It was determined to be so historically accurate that
a copy of the book resides at the Nashville Government Metropolitan Archives in
Nashville, Tennessee.
Songbirds are Free is her bestselling book to date; it is
inspired by the true story of Mary Neely, who was captured in 1780 by Shawnee
warriors near Fort Nashborough (now Nashville, TN).
She is also the co-founder of The Book ‘Em Foundation, an
organization committed to raising public awareness of the correlation between
high crime rates and high illiteracy rates. She is the organizer and
chairperson of Book ‘Em North Carolina, an annual event held in the real town
of Lumberton, North Carolina, to raise funds to increase literacy and reduce
crime. For more information on this event and the literacy campaigns funded by
it, visit www.bookemnc.org.
She sits on the boards of the Friends of the Robeson County
Public Library and the Robeson County Arts Council. She has also served on the
boards of Crime Stoppers and Crime Solvers and became the first female
president of the Chesterfield County-Colonial Heights Crime Solvers in
Virginia.
Title- A Thin Slice of Heaven
By- p.m. terrell
Genre-Ghost Story/ Romantic Suspense
Publication Date- May 1st, 2015
Blurb-
She had arranged to meet her husband in Northern Ireland for
a second honeymoon, but when Charleigh arrives at the remote castle, she
receives a message that he won’t be coming—and that he’s leaving her for
another woman. Stranded for the weekend by a snowstorm that has blocked all
access to the castle, she finds herself three thousand miles from home in a
country she knows nothing about.
She is soon joined by Sean Bracken, the great-grandson of
Laird Bracken, the original owner of the castle, and she finds herself falling
quickly and madly in love with him. There’s just one problem: he’s dead.
As the castle begins to come alive with secrets from
centuries past, she finds herself trapped between parallel worlds. Caught up in
a mass haunting, she can no longer recognize the line between the living and
the dead. Now she’s discovering that her appearance there wasn’t by
accident—and is more sinister than she ever suspected.
Awesome interview KJ! I loved it! I want to read the book now. I love the blurb from the book. P.M. Terrell sounds time a fun and amazing person! Thank you for posting this I enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Tammy! It is truly an awesome book, and p.m. terrell is the best. Thanks for stopping by!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting me! KJ, I really appreciate your review, and I'm so glad you enjoyed the book. It's because of folks like you that I keep writing. You inspire me! I'll be checking back in later and answering any questions anyone might have for me. And I have one for you: what is your favorite genre and why?
ReplyDeleteHosting you is one of my favorite things to do, I am an unabashed fan and tend to gush about you. My favorite genre, hmmm, that used to be easy anything paranormal and I lean very much towards YA or clean adult. I have since added suspense, thrillers, especially psychological thrillers. I will read anything, my mom always said if there wasn't a book I would read anything including ingredient lists in food. Lol, a reader since the age of 4 and proud to be one!
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