This is so perfect to fill out right now as this morning, I was going through some papers and found the original email from my editor at Carina UK when they offered me the book deal for my first book How to Bake the Perfect Pecan Pie. What a lovely moment for me. I had gone through the various agents and publishers correspondence and had decided to go a different route with my writing when this fantastic email popped up and changed everything for me.
Where did the idea for your Home for the Holidays series come from?
I came about the first book based off of a long drive to my mother’s house. There are a lot of barren country roads and along one of them is a pecan farm. I thought about the idea of this girl being on a journey to get pecans from this particular farm and what types of setbacks that could occur with this adventure or the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend.
I see your new series is also food related, set in an Ice Cream Company, what is it that attracts you to writing about food?
Well, I really enjoy food. ;) Honestly, though I think food connects us to so many moments in our lives. Celebrations, birthdays, anniversary, first dates, last dates, single dates, girlfriends, children, parents, any and all of these moments being together sitting down enjoying something delicious while diving into each other is something I think we can all connect with.
