"Best-selling Author,
Rosemary Laurey (AKA Georgia Evans)is an expatriate Brit, retired special ed teacher and grandmother, who now lives in Ohio and has a wonderful time writing stories of vampires and shapeshifting pumas."
Many readers will be familiar with Rosemary's vampire romances. The most recent being
Midnight Lover (The Vampire Series, Book 5)
.
She is still writing about vampires but this time the setting is England during the Second World War, and the undead are helping the Nazi's prepare for a German invasion. The title of her new book is
Bloody Good
and she uses the pseudonym
Georgia Evans.
She recently took time to answer questions about this book and about herself.
Thanks so much Rosemary!
PVN: Why the use of a pseudonym?
Rosemary: It was a marketing decision by my publisher since these books are Fantasy instead of Romance.
PVN:
Why the setting of WW II England?
Rosemary:
My editor asked for a WW2 book. Surrey seemed the obvious setting to me- I grew up in the Mole Valley and that area was significant in the German invasion plans.
PVN:
What was it like doing research for this book?
Rosemary:
Wonderful! And yes, I made two trips back to Surrey to refresh my memory as to the topography and several locations. Brytewood is imaginary but based on reality. Also made a trip to the Imperial War Museum in London, did a lot of reading from contemporary diaries as well as fiction and nonfiction (there's a bibliography on the Brytewood web site) and the BBC WW2 web site., picked a lot of brains of relatives and friends for memories and details and had masses of detailed help from the Museum in Leatherhead.
PVN:
Describe your vampires in this new series? I have the sense that not all are evil.
Rosemary:
Well, from the point of view of the Brits they are- they are the enemy but from their point of view they are patriotic Germans doing their bit for victory. They are in fact tools of the German High Command.
PVN:
What attracts you to the paranormal?
Rosemary:
I'm going to be a bit vague here. I write the stories that pop into my brain and where they come from, who knows?
PVN:
What are some of the Other paranormal characters that you have in your universe?
Rosemary:
two Devon Pixies (one full blooded one half human)
Two welsh Dragons
A witch
An elf
A shape shifting fox ( a wolf would have been noticed in Surrey!)
A water sprite
Not all appear in the first book, some join the action as it progresses.
PVN:
What is the difference (if any) between the vampires in the Rosemary Laurey romances and the vampires in this new series?
Rosemary:
Vamps in the 'Forever' books are Romantic heroes (apart from the two villains that is) The Brytewood vamps are driven and mission focussed spies. No romance for them.
PVN:
Describe your writing environment?
Rosemary:
I have a small but light upstairs room with three long windows and masses of natural light. (There's a photo on my Rosemary Laurey web site)
PVN:
Do you write full time?
Rosemary:
Pretty much- promo takes a fair bit of time too but writing is my full time employment these days.
PVN:
What writers inspire you?
Rosemary:
This could be an endless list ☺
I love Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse series. Enjoy Saki's twisted short stories, and adore Anita Burgh's Contemporaries (particulary Clare's War) which is fantastic IMO. Kim Harrison's Hollows books. Have just started re reading Dickens and Thomas Hardy. Am finishing Particia Brigg's Iron Kissed and am about to reread MM Kay's Far Pavillions. A really mixed bag!
PVN:
What do you do to relax?
Rosemary:
Reading, sewing knitting, gardening and cooking - also enjoy visiting my sons and grandchildren who are scattered across the US. And of course I love going back to the UK whenever I can.
PVN:
How do readers find you on the internet?
Rosemary:
via my web sites
www.brytewood.co.uk
www.rosemarylaurey.com
www.forevervampires.com
Read a PVN reviewNow for the contest.Two lucky commenters will each win a signed copy of
Bloody GoodTo be eligible do one or more of the following:
* Leave a comment on any topic in the interview
* Ask Rosemary a question
* Link to this interview to your own site or a social network site, and be sure to let me know the URL
Contest ends May 28 at 11:59 PM PT
The contest portion is closed. Thanks to everyone for participating.
(book three in her WWII vampire trilogy) Georgia Evans aka Rosemary Laurey is opening herself up to questions by PVN's readers. Read her bio. Ask about the writing life, her books, her thoughts on vampires or the paranormal, anything as long as it's polite.
