Category: Idaho Author Interview
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Bradley Guire
An accomplished print production professional, he’s spent half his life in Idaho and has just published his first book, The Write Prescription. Do you have a writing routine? Where and when do you write? Nope. I write whenever the mood strikes me. I don’t want to structure it to feel like a job. I’ve got…
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A. B. Michaels
Ed.: I love this circuitous journey! A. B. explains: “I started out thinking I’d write romance, so one of my first books was Sinner’s Grove, which is contemporary romantic suspense. But I wanted an origin story, so I wrote The Art of Love, which takes place in Gilded Age San Francisco. The books I’ve written…
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Grove Koger
Grove Koger is the author of When the Going Was Good: The 99 Best Narratives of Travel, Exploration and Adventure (Scarecrow Press, 2002); and Not, a chapbook of poetry (Finishing Line Press, forthcoming). He’s also Assistant Editor of Deus Loci: The Lawrence Durrell Journal, and has published nonfiction in a number of Boise-area and Idaho…
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Michael K. Edwards – Spirits of Idaho
He grew up on farmland in the Magic Valley before earning a degree in biology from Idaho State University, and then did research on potato variety development in Aberdeen before moving to a position in factory automation with Lamb-Weston. After moving with his family to Kennewick, Washington in 1992, he returned to Idaho with his…
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Brad Mathews
He’s written 14 novels, mostly in the mystery and thriller genres. He’s also published two fantasy novels and is working on a third. Meet Brad Mathews. Do you have a writing routine? Where and when do you write? I’m a morning person. If I have a specific plan for what happens next in the story,…
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Bonnie Schroeder
You’ll find her books in the Women’s Fiction section, which she defines thusly: [it] is generally defined as stories about a woman solving her own life problems. No Knight in Shining Armor shows up to rescue her—she does the work herself. She just recently released her third title, Turn Back the Clocks. Do you have…
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Rebecca Evans
She’s been in several anthologies and has co-edited a poetry collection in tribute to the life and achievements of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, when there are nine (available widely: Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Bookshop.org, and via the publisher’s site, Moon Tide Press. A memoir-in-verse, Tangled by Blood, is forthcoming (March 2023). This is a full-length collection,…
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Margaret Koger
She’s a former teacher, librarian, and Poet in the Schools. Study of the interplay of nature and the economy during the settlement of the American West informs Maggie’s writing. Her poetry has appeared in numerous journals online and in print. She’s very active in the Treasure Valley writing community. Here (Soundcloud link) Ken Rodgers and…
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Nancy Weston
With books running from mysteries to memoir, Nancy notes: “As I have matured, met people, had encounters, failures and triumphs and learned about life, I have filed away hundreds of interesting characters, events, encounters and sights. Now my mind fills with stories to share and my challenge is to select the one that is right…
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Genalea Barker
Genalea has an Associate’s Degree in English Literature and a deep-seated passion for stories which highlight mental health and body positivity. Her short fiction has been recognized by Idaho Creative Authors Network, Idaho Writers Guild, and Women on Writing. Select works have been published with Bookends Review, Grande Dame Literary, Gemini Magazine, and Writers in the Attic: Rupture. Watch for these…
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Ellis “Skip” Knox
Ellis L. (Skip) Knox is a writer, medieval historian, and the creator of the fantasy world called Altearth, a place where magic is real, monsters roam the land, and the Roman Empire never fell. His work includes several short stories published in online magazines as well as these intriguingly titled novels: Do you have a…
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Christi Nogle
Horror. Dark science fiction. Weird fiction. Literary realism. These are the realms author Christi Nogle travels. She’s published one novel, Beulah — set in a fictional small town in Idaho, loosely based on Buhl and Emmett. Her short stories have appeared in over fifty publications including PseudoPod, Escape Pod, Vastarien, Nightscript, and Dark Matter Magazine. Beginning in early…
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E. G. Moore
A vibrant and engaged author of YA and middle grade books from northern Idaho, E. G. has published two books, both middle grade novels: Do you have a writing routine? Where and when do you write? I have seasons of writing routines, mostly dictated by my roles as mother, wife, and worker. I often spend…
