What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Ring of Lions?
My perception that there was once a time when languages touched one another without leaving a gap, linking memories as if they were triangles joined to squares on the walls of the Alhambra.
If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of Ring of Lions, what would they be?
“Concierto de Aranjuez” by Adagio.
What’s your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write?
I enjoy reading historical mysteries that bend toward the mythological. That’s my favorite genre to write as well.
What books are on your TBR pile right now?
Dream Count, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; The City and Its Uncertain Ways, by Haruki Murakami; The Shekinah Legacy, by Gary Lindberg; Monsters We Have Made by Lindsay Starck.
What scene in your book was your favorite to write?
The scene under an archway of stony lace where Walter Drummond and Rubén Torres kneel to study the faces of the lions ringing the fountain – were the creatures smiling or snarling as they bared their teeth?
Do you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.)
Windows – I surround myself with windows – summer, fall, winter and spring.
Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?
Get to know your characters by dropping them into history.
If you could choose one thing for readers to remember after reading your book, what would it be?
Every story rests edge-to-edge with another – like a mosaic, no gap, no interlap.
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