1--What is the title of your latest release?
NOTHING EVER HAPPENS HERE
2--What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
Against the backdrop of a small, snowy Minnesota town, the lives of three women are upended as a murder and a missing person case shock the locals. Café owner, Mack, is searching for her missing husband, Shelby, who has survived a brutal attack, finds herself fighting for her life, and Florence, a resident at the retirement home, along with her small gang of fellow retirees, get overly involved in trying to solve these mysteries until it all comes to a head in a twisty ending that intertwines all three stories.
3--How did you decide where your book was going to take place?
I really love an atmospheric novel, so I thought a lot about how to introduce setting almost as another character and have it enrich the story and feel very ominous and icy and unwelcoming as a backdrop to the action.
4--Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life?
I would love to get coffee with Florence and see what trouble she’s getting into.
5--What are three words that describe your protagonist?
There are three protagonists, but since I was getting coffee with Florence in the last question. I’ll describe her: Tenacious, ballsy, delightful.
6--What’s something you learned while writing this book?
I learned more than I wanted to know about ice fishing huts, toxicology reports and tax fraud. I’ll leave it at that without spoilers.
7--Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?
I never edit as I go. I keep the momentum going and seldom even read back the last few paragraphs otherwise it will stop forward progress for me.
8--What’s your favorite foodie indulgence?
vegan chocolate anything
9--Describe your writing space/office!
I have a quiet room in the back of the house overlooking the back garden. Our yard backs up to a creek and has a lot of mature trees, so it’s lovely and peaceful and I feel most inspired in my little, silent space at home.
10--Who is an author you admire?
I’ve always really loved James Joyce
11--Is there a book that changed your life?
A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle
12--Tell us about when you got “the call.” (when you found out your book was going to be published)/Or, for indie authors, when you decided to self-publish.
It was a shock. I got lucky landing an agent just a few weeks after sending my first book around looking for representation, and even though I was elated to have signed with an agent, I still thought it was a pipedream to be traditionally published. When she called to tell me, we landed a two-book deal, I think I was doing laundry. I cried.
13--What’s your favorite genre to read?
Personal development…then thrillers.
14--What’s your favorite movie?
This is an impossible question. If I had to pick right this minute, I’d go with the movie I’d never get tired of watching: Bridesmaids.
15--What is your favorite season?
Spring
16--How do you like to celebrate your birthday?
Usually on a beach in Mexico—just my husband and me at some lovely all-inclusive resort. We don’t have kids if you can’t tell. And we’re a hop, skip, and jump from Cabo.
17--What’s a recent tv show/movie/book/podcast you highly recommend?
I just discovered Mark Dawson and the Atticus Priest book series and love it so far.
18--What’s your favorite type of cuisine?
Thai
19--What do you do when you have free time?
I love yoga and Peloton. I’m a pretty solitary person who doesn’t love crowds, so very simple things, long dog walks, gardening, and meditation. I’ve recently discovered a yoga studio near me called Haven that offers Reike and medication along with yoga and have become obsessed with all the variety and good vibes there.
20--What can readers expect from you next?
I just finished my 7th novel, slated to come out early 2026, and I’m currently working in something a little new. I also signed up to write a novella, and that story will be leaning more into the Horror genre. It’s set to release winter 2026.
Nothing ever happens in small towns…
When Shelby Dawson survives a harrowing attack that should have left her dead, she tries to move past it—for herself, and for her family. Fifteen months later, with the help of her best friend, Mackenzie, she finally feels safe again in the snowy Minnesota town she calls home. But when an anonymous note appears on her windshield bearing the same threats her attacker made, Shelby realizes that her nightmare has only just begun.
As new evidence surfaces, and a group of well-meaning senior citizens accidentally makes the case go viral online, the situation quickly goes from bad to worse. And with suspicious accidents targeting those closest to her happening all over town, Shelby can’t shake the feeling that she’s being watched. Fighting to stay one step ahead of disaster, she finds herself asking the question on everyone’s lips: Who attacked her that night?
But Shelby isn’t the only one with questions. Mackenzie’s husband, Leo, vanished without a trace on that terrible night, and over a year later, no one knows why. Until a deep dive into his finances reveals a history of debts, mismanaged funds, and hidden accounts—one of which is still active. Their suspicion that Leo is still alive only complicates things further, though, and when another person connected to Shelby goes missing, she’s caught in a race against time before her attacker becomes a killer.
Thriller Crime [Graydon House, On Sale: February 11, 2025, Trade Paperback / e-Book , ISBN: 9781525836725 / eISBN: 9780369751317]
Seraphina Nova Glass is an Edgar Award-nominated author published by HarperCollins and is represented by Folio Literary Management in New York. Her fifth book is The Vacancy in Room 10, out April 2024. Her book On A Quiet Street was named a New York Times Book Review Summer Read and an Amazon Editor’s Pick in Mystery & Thrillers, among other praise. She recently sold the film rights to Marvista Entertainment for a limited series. Seraphina is currently working on her sixth novel, The Oleanders, and is also an Assistant professor and Playwright-In-Residence at the University of Texas, Arlington. Publisher’s Weekly has named her “a writer to watch”.
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