The South Shores series, featuring Claire (Britten) Markwood, has been one you have been writing for a
while. Did you know from the beginning that it would have the surprises it has for Darcy and
Claire at the end?
The more rom/sus novels I have written, the more I
have learned to let the characters and events take over the story. Although I do send my
editor an early “proposal” of what will take place in the novel, she knows the story will grow as
it goes and possibly takes off in another direction. Darcy and Claire’s strong sisterhood
relationship is something I planned from the first, but the real story of their mother and what
happens to Darcy in Dark Storm was a surprise to me too.
It’s amazing how books can take on a life of their own.
You wrote a note to your readers at the end that you were ending the series after 6 novels.
Is there a reason to end the series now?
I have loved seeing Claire and Nick’s romance and
family grow. I could keep the series going with other crimes they solve together, but I think
their marriage has reached some stability after all their trials and I don’t want to tamper with
that. I will also miss the South Florida/Caribbean settings, but since we sold our condo there,
it makes me sad to keep thinking about how much I love the area.
I love that you have more than one problem going on in this novel. It keeps the readers
engaged and it is much like real life. Do you find it a challenge to keep up with all the different
obstacles you have created for the characters?
Mario Puzo, who wrote the book The Godfather, said, “Nothing is
interesting but trouble.” Sadly, that is true, but my characters
rise above that, solve their problems and save others and themselves. I do find it a challenge
to—well, challenge my characters, even the secondary ones. I keep a running commentary for
myself, scene by scene, listing what is going on or I probably would get scrambled or lost with
all the subplots and surprises.
So what is next for you? Is there a new series that you want to write?
“No rest for the wicked,” or for authors who love to
write. I have just handed into my editor the first novel in a trilogy about three women who run
a rustic lodge in Alaska. Surely, no one could get in trouble or fall in love in a wilderness place
called Lost Lake, right? (Just watch me! I love the main character of book #1, who was in an
abusive relationship she ran from right into the arms of - well, Deep in the
Woods will be out next year.)
In your spare time, what other things do you like to do for fun?
In the winter, I grow African violets (well, actually all
years round) and in the warmer Ohio weather, we have quite a vegetable garden and blooming
back yard. Believe it or not, after looking at words, words, words all day, doing crosswords
relaxes me too. My husband and I have traveled a great deal and love that.
What would be one piece of advice you would give to someone who would like to write a
series?
Keep the characters changing and developing, learning
new things. Give them a fascinating career (Claire is a forensic psychologist; Nick is a criminal
lawyer) as well as a romance or frightening situations. Even if the setting is basically the
same, take them someplace fresh in each book. In
Dark Storm, I explored
fascinating things about butterflies and hurricanes. I was a university and high school teacher
before writing full time and love to ‘teach’ my characters - and readers - unusual things in
each book. In Dark Storm,
I include a butterfly which can put itself into a
coma-like state at will and then reanimate itself when it wishes. What if that knowledge and
power fell into the wrong hands?
Do you have a favorite author that you like to read? Did they inspire you to write?
I was a teacher of - guess what? - literature and
composition, so I read many great writers along the way. But as for popular fiction, I have read
broadly beginning with good old Nancy Drew books, to the novels of my writer friends.
However, at times my to-be-read pile gets pretty big. Reading widely (and then writing
yourself in your own way, with your own style and voice) are the best ways to learn to write.
My full-time job is a teacher, and I read where you used to teach English. Is there a
teacher you had in the past that influenced you and how?
I was blessed with good and encouraging teachers
from my early years. (Also my mother was an elementary teacher.) My fifth and sixth grader
teachers especially encouraged me to write and commented on my early poetry and stories. It
also helped me to have two grandmothers who were great readers and story-tellers! Now I’m
excited to encourage my fourteen-year-old great-niece who has real writing talent.
In the sixth and final South Shores book, Claire and Nick Markwood search for Darcy, Claire's
sister, who went missing from a butterfly conservatory.
“What do you mean, ‘she’s gone’?”
Forensic psychologist Claire Markwood has answered her fair share of heart-stopping phone
calls, but none quite as chilling as the one informing her that her sister, Darcy, is missing.
Claire rushes to the butterfly sanctuary where Darcy has been working, prepared to do what
she does best—work the clues. But Darcy, along with her car and some of the sanctuary’s
rarest species of butterflies, have seemingly vanished without a trace.
Amid a flurry of mysterious leads and dead ends, Claire and her criminal lawyer husband Nick
turn to friends and colleagues, desperate to tap every resource at their disposal. But the
deeper they dig, the more unsettling the case becomes, dredging up old family secrets that
shake the foundation of everything Claire thought to be true. And by the time this latest
deadly threat is done with them, nothing will ever be the same.
Suspense | Romance
Suspense [MIRA, On Sale: May 28, 2019, Mass Market
Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780778369455 / eISBN: 9781488088728]
Karen Harper is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of romantic suspense.
A former Ohio State University English instructor, she now writes full time. Harper is the
winner of The Mary Higgins Clark Award for her novel, DARK ANGEL. She also writes historical
novels set in Tudor England. Please visit or write her at her website at
www.KarenHarperAuthor.com
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