This week our Spotlight on Author: Liz Fielding. She has a new book, The Billionaire's Convenient Bride!
I met my husband when we were working in Zambia and were both members of the Lusaka Theatre Club. He was playing de Stogumber in St Joan, and I was the pageboy to the Earl of Warwick. He swore it was the purple tights that got him. I wish I had a photograph. Sadly none exist.
Agnes and Kam were friends, allies, partners in crime as youngsters, but then, in that moment when it becomes something more everything goes wrong and because of Agnes, Kam loses everything. Now it's Agnes who is struggling and having made millions, Kam is back to turn the tables, but money, he discovers, is not going to be enough.
Liz
Fieding says...
I met my husband when we were working in Zambia and were both members of the Lusaka Theatre Club. He was playing de Stogumber in St Joan, and I was the pageboy to the Earl of Warwick. He swore it was the purple tights that got him. I wish I had a photograph. Sadly none exist.
We travelled a lot in Africa and the Middle East then we had babies and settled down back home, first in Wales, then Wiltshire and now West Sussex.
I started writing when the children were small and my first romance, An Image of You, was set in Kenya, in a place where we’d spent many happy weekends on safari. It was plucked from the slush pile because the feisty feminist heroine made my editor laugh. Emotion touched with humour has been the hallmark of my work ever since.
I joined the Romantic Novelists' Association when my first book was published in 1992 and this year they honoured me with their Outstanding Achievement Award.
Liz
Fielding on the web:
What literary pilgrimages have you gone on?
Living near Bath gave me endless Jane Austen moments. Shopping in Milsom Street, walking along Great Pulteney Street (where Vanity Fair was filmed) and Victoria Park.
What is the first book that made you cry?
I started reading so young that it's difficult to remember the exact one, but I cried buckets through the last chapters of Gone With the Wind when I was seventeen.
What is the most unethical practice in the publishing industry?
The pirating of books and pretending that authors have given permission to give their books away.
Does writing energize or exhaust you?
Both. There are days, when the words flow and plot blocks dissolve that give you thr biggest high. When a book stalls - it's draining.
Tell us a little bit about your book...
Agnes and Kam were friends, allies, partners in crime as youngsters, but then, in that moment when it becomes something more everything goes wrong and because of Agnes, Kam loses everything. Now it's Agnes who is struggling and having made millions, Kam is back to turn the tables, but money, he discovers, is not going to be enough.
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Nice to learn a bit about Liz and the book sounds good!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Christine. :) I'm writing a new book set in the same town at the moment.
DeleteOoooh! Now this is intriguing! I would love to read another story set in this town!
DeleteGreat interview. Good luck to Liz with the new book launch. Valerie
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Valerie. :)
DeleteFascinating interview.
ReplyDeleteWishing you much success with your wonderful book.
'Lo, Nas:)
Hi Sandra! Thank you for coming by to greet Liz Fielding, and read about her new book!
DeleteHi Sandra. Thank you so much for dropping by.
DeleteGood answers!
ReplyDeleteThat's kind, William. Thank you.
DeleteNice interview, ladies! I think including humor in any kind of novel makes it a better one. Making an editor who's wading through a towering slush pile laugh is quite an accomplishment!
ReplyDeleteI love a bit of humour in the books I read, Susan. MB were all dark emotion and angst back then. I think I came as a bit of light relief. Still not sure how it got through!
DeleteThe mental image works as well as a picture. My father was going to an outdoor summer symphony and he put on dress shorts with black socks and dress shoes. I never laughed so hard. Annoyed, he asked, "So what shoes do I wear with dress shorts?" I have no pictures either.
ReplyDeleteThe book sounds like a wonderfully romantic read. Best of luck.
The dh used to wear dress shorts when we lived in Africa. He wore proper shoes, but long stockings. He had great legs... :)
DeleteI love your books
ReplyDeleteOh, bless you, Patty. That is so kind. I hope I keep writing books that please you. :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your Lifetime Achievement Award from Romantic Novelists' Association, Liz!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Nas. I'm still overcome with shock at the honour!
DeleteCongratulations on your latest book Liz - and your Lifetime Achievement Award! xx
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rachael. It's been an exceptionally fine spring!
DeleteI loved reading all your answers, thanks for sharing. Congratulations on the new book! And on your award!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Janet, and for the congratulations. It has been very special.
ReplyDeleteTruly enjoyed the interview! Congrats Liz on your book!
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting interview. I loved hearing about how Liz and her husband met. Sounds like a fun time. :) Congrats on the new book, Liz.
ReplyDelete~Jess