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1. What
is the first book you remember reading by yourself as a
child?
I think the first book I
probably read by myself would have been one of the Ladybird books that tell
simple stories with pictures, but I don’t remember which one. The books I do
remember reading over and over when I was young were the Flower Fairy books by
Cecily M. Barker. There are beautiful watercolor pictures of flowers with a
fairy assigned to each one, and a poem about the flower. You can still buy them
in box sets and I have given those to friends’ babies a few times
recently.
2. What are you reading right
now?
I’m reading Absolute
Zero Cool by Declan Burke, which came up on a lot of ‘best of 2012’ lists at the
beginning of this year. I’m also reading a collection of short mysteries in an
Ellery Queen Magazine anthology called Masters of Mystery. There are stories by
authors including Lawrence Block, P D James and Patricia Highsmith. I’m reading
a lot of crime fiction at the moment because I have the first full-length book
in my Emily Castles murder mystery series, Invitation to Die, coming out later
this year.
3. How does your garden
grow?
It grows quite well, thank
you. I live in a house in London and I have a small garden with a lawn, an apple
tree, roses, honeysuckle and hydrangeas. It’s a bit unkempt at the moment. I
need to get out there and tidy it up.
4. What is the last thing you
Googled?
Florence Mayberry. I read
a short story by her in the crime anthology I mentioned. I really enjoyed it and
wondered what else she had written.
5. What makes you
cringe?
Unflattering photos of me
on Facebook. Untag!
Three Sisters and Showstoppers by Helen SmithThree Sisters and Showstoppers are two novella-length stories in the Emily Castles mystery series. The first full-length novel, Invitation to Die, will be published by Thomas & Mercer in October 2013.
The Emily Castles mystery series is set in present-day London. It features twenty-six-year-old Londoner Emily Castles and her neighbor, eccentric philosophy professor Dr. Muriel Crowther. In Three Sisters, Emily goes to a party in a big house at the end of her street. She's sure she witnesses a murder, but no one will believe her. She teams up with Dr. Muriel to investigate.
In Showstoppers, Emily helps out at a local stage school run by her neighbor, Victoria. Soon she's mixed up in a blackmail plot and two deaths. Emily and Dr. Muriel team up to prevent further a massacre live on stage during the end of term show.
Fast-paced, funny, and mysterious... Helen Smith is a master story-teller.
~Socrates Book Reviews
It grips you from the very beginning.
~Babs Books Bistro
Bright, colorful and full of surprises.
~Amazon Vine Reviewer
Fast-paced and unusual, I highly recommend this one.
~Eva’s Sanctuary
Praise for Helen Smith
Smith is gin-and-tonic funny.
~The Booklist
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Helen Smith is a novelist and playwright who lives in London. She's the author of bestselling cult novels Alison Wonderland, Being Light and The Miracle Inspector as well as the Emily Castles Mystery Series.
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Mary
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting the interview. I really enjoyed answering the questions.
Good luck to everyone who enters the contest.
Helen