Meet Marie Lavender, Author of Upon Your Honor, Upon Your Return and Other Stories
Bestselling
author of UPON YOUR RETURN and 18 other books. 2014 BTS Red Carpet
Review Nominee. Finalist and Runner-up in the MARSocial's Author of the
Year Competition. Honorable mention in the January 2014 Reader's Choice
Award. Liebster Blogger Award for 2013 and 2014. Top 50 Authors on
AuthorsDB.com. Winner of the Great One Liners Contest on the Directory
of Published Authors.
Marie Lavender lives in the Midwest with her family and three cats. She has been writing for over twenty years. She has more works in progress than she can count on two hands.
At the tender age of nine, she began writing stories. She majored in Creative Writing in college because that was all she ever wanted - to be a writer. While there, she published two works in a university publication, and was a copy editor on the staff of an online student journal. After graduating from college, she sought out her dream to publish a book.
Since then, Marie has published nineteen books in the genres of historical romance, contemporary romance, romantic suspense, paranormal romance, mystery/thriller, literary fiction and poetry. Lavender just released Magick & Moonlight, a paranormal romance, in March. Upon Your Honor, released in late April, is her second historical romance.
BBB: What inspired you to become an author?
ML: I can’t say that it was any one thing. I always loved the written word, and my family often found me stuck in a book. I also had a pretty wild imagination starting from the time I entertained myself with dolls as a child. There were whole stories going on with those characters! It just seemed fairly natural to turn my attention to writing.
Marie Lavender lives in the Midwest with her family and three cats. She has been writing for over twenty years. She has more works in progress than she can count on two hands.
At the tender age of nine, she began writing stories. She majored in Creative Writing in college because that was all she ever wanted - to be a writer. While there, she published two works in a university publication, and was a copy editor on the staff of an online student journal. After graduating from college, she sought out her dream to publish a book.
Since then, Marie has published nineteen books in the genres of historical romance, contemporary romance, romantic suspense, paranormal romance, mystery/thriller, literary fiction and poetry. Lavender just released Magick & Moonlight, a paranormal romance, in March. Upon Your Honor, released in late April, is her second historical romance.
BBB: What inspired you to become an author?
ML: I can’t say that it was any one thing. I always loved the written word, and my family often found me stuck in a book. I also had a pretty wild imagination starting from the time I entertained myself with dolls as a child. There were whole stories going on with those characters! It just seemed fairly natural to turn my attention to writing.
BBB: How did you come up with the idea for your book, Upon Your Honor?
ML: Upon Your Honor is the second book in Heiresses in Love series. Not too long after I received a contract for Upon Your Return, the first book in the series, I started to think about sequels. The scene of Chloe walking on board the ship with the intent of stowing away came to me. But, in the back of my mind, I’ve always been fascinated with the ocean and sailing ships, even though I do get a little seasickness from time to time. More than that, I’ve always thought it was interesting how women in history have had to impersonate men in order to get things accomplished. Consider George Eliot. She had to assume a masculine name just to compete in literary circles. In highly male driven societies, what can you expect? I don’t mean to get feminist on you at all. I just think it’s interesting. Part of this is what led me to dress Chloe in men’s clothes while she snuck aboard La Voyageur in the opening scene of the first chapter.
ML: Upon Your Honor is the second book in Heiresses in Love series. Not too long after I received a contract for Upon Your Return, the first book in the series, I started to think about sequels. The scene of Chloe walking on board the ship with the intent of stowing away came to me. But, in the back of my mind, I’ve always been fascinated with the ocean and sailing ships, even though I do get a little seasickness from time to time. More than that, I’ve always thought it was interesting how women in history have had to impersonate men in order to get things accomplished. Consider George Eliot. She had to assume a masculine name just to compete in literary circles. In highly male driven societies, what can you expect? I don’t mean to get feminist on you at all. I just think it’s interesting. Part of this is what led me to dress Chloe in men’s clothes while she snuck aboard La Voyageur in the opening scene of the first chapter.
BBB: What other books have you written?
ML: Besides Upon Your Honor, I have written and published 18 other books. Sixteen were self-published and three were traditionally published. Some of my recent book titles are Upon Your Honor, Magick & Moonlight, Leather and Lace, and Upon Your Return. You can find a full list of my pen names and book titles on my Amazon Author page in my bio. http://www.amazon.com/Marie-Lavender/e/B00C10Q94I/
BBB: What are you currently working on?
ML: I am finishing up my final edits on a paranormal romance/urban fantasy manuscript titledSecond Nature. It is a story about a woman who stumbles into the world of vampires. She learns a lot about herself in the process. Here is a little teaser: http://iloveromanceblog.wordpress.com/2014/06/19/teaser-from-second-nature-a-work-in-progress/
ML: Besides Upon Your Honor, I have written and published 18 other books. Sixteen were self-published and three were traditionally published. Some of my recent book titles are Upon Your Honor, Magick & Moonlight, Leather and Lace, and Upon Your Return. You can find a full list of my pen names and book titles on my Amazon Author page in my bio. http://www.amazon.com/Marie-Lavender/e/B00C10Q94I/
BBB: What are you currently working on?
ML: I am finishing up my final edits on a paranormal romance/urban fantasy manuscript titledSecond Nature. It is a story about a woman who stumbles into the world of vampires. She learns a lot about herself in the process. Here is a little teaser: http://iloveromanceblog.wordpress.com/2014/06/19/teaser-from-second-nature-a-work-in-progress/
BBB: How can readers discover more about you and your work?
ML: A good place to find out more is to visit my website. http://marielavender.webs.com/ You’ll see a heading for ‘My Books’ and under ‘Projects and Writing’, you can get a sneak peek into how many projects I have. I usually include a new excerpt from a work in progress under that section.
You can also follow my blogs for more news.
http://marielavenderbooks.blogspot.com/
http://iloveromanceblog.wordpress.com/
I have a monthly newsletter as well. http://bit.ly/1lCH8zz
Here is my Facebook author page:
https://www.facebook.com/MarieAnnLavender
Additionally, you can find me on
Google+, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
I’d love to connect with you all!
ML: A good place to find out more is to visit my website. http://marielavender.webs.com/ You’ll see a heading for ‘My Books’ and under ‘Projects and Writing’, you can get a sneak peek into how many projects I have. I usually include a new excerpt from a work in progress under that section.
You can also follow my blogs for more news.
http://marielavenderbooks.blogspot.com/
http://iloveromanceblog.wordpress.com/
I have a monthly newsletter as well. http://bit.ly/1lCH8zz
Here is my Facebook author page:
https://www.facebook.com/MarieAnnLavender
Additionally, you can find me on
Google+, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
I’d love to connect with you all!
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