BIO: Lynne Hinton was born and raised in North Carolina . She is a graduate of
UNC-Greensboro. She also attended NC School of the Arts, School
of Filmmaking , and graduated with her
Masters of Divinity from Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley , California ,
where she served on the Board of Trustees for six years and was a Distinguished
Alumni in 2003. She is ordained in the United Church of Christ.
Lynne is the
author of eighteen books, including the NY Times Bestseller, Friendship Cake and Pie
Town , the 2011 NM Book
of the Year: Fiction/Adventure, Drama Category and 2011 National Federation of
Press Women’s Fiction Book of the Year. She has penned two mystery series and
has one nonfiction collection of essays. She is a regular guest columnist in
the Faith and Values Section for The
Charlotte Observer and was the 2008 Lucy B. Patterson Author of the Year by
the General Federation of Women’s Clubs in NC. In 2010 and 2015, she was the
recipient of a Louisville Institute Pastoral Study Grant and was named Favorite
Local Writer in Albuquerque , New
Mexico , in 2012 by Albuquerque , The Magazine.
Lynne and her
husband, Bob Branard, live in Albuquerque ,
New Mexico , where Lynne has
served as a hospice chaplain and pastor. She continues to write as well as
teach classes and lead retreats on writing as a spiritual and healing practice.
She can be reached at www.lynnehinton.com
Welcome, Lynne. Tell us how much of
yourself you write into your characters.
I am deeply
impacted by events in my life, especially emotionally; but I don’t usually
write myself into the characters. I’m not nearly as interesting or funny as I
like to think my characters are!
What is the quirkiest thing you have ever
done?
Too quirky to
tell!
When did you first discover that you were
a writer?
I’ve always kept
a diary. Writing has always been my way of getting to my truth.
Tell us the range of the kinds of books
you enjoy reading.
Mysteries, literary fiction, non-fiction about spirituality
Mysteries, literary fiction, non-fiction about spirituality
How do you keep your sanity in our run,
run, run world?
A great husband who
is supportive, a fabulous dog who runs trails with me, meditation, and
journaling every day.
How do you choose your characters’ names?
In this book, I
used names of my coworkers at Hospice. It was fun to give them roles in the
story!
What is the accomplishment that you are
most proud of?
I ran a half
marathon last year!
If you were an animal, which one would
you be, and why?
I kind of like a
butterfly’s life, just flitting about, looking beautiful.
What is your favorite food?
I’m vegetarian,
love Indian food.
What is the problem with writing that was
your greatest roadblock, and how did you overcome it?
I’m Protestant,
I had to learn a lot about Catholicism and about convents and monasteries.
Tell us about the featured book.
Sister Eve
learns more about The Blue Nun, a very interesting character from New Mexico history while
solving the murder of a religion professor.
Please give us the first page of the
book.
The tea arrived
on a simple wooden tray and was left outside Dr. Kelly Middlesworth’s room
without a note or card. The young woman stood inside with the door cracked and
held only partially opened. She was wearing her nightgown and robe, having
changed for the evening, and was hiding behind the door assuming her night
attire would be disconcerting for the monks.
One of the
residents at the monastery, after all, was who she expected to see. It would be
Father Oliver, she thought or Brother Gary, the youngest of the men who,
earlier in the week had brought her clean towels and a blanket, the youngest of
them who could never quite look her in the eye.
More than
anybody else, however, Kelly expected or rather hoped it would be her sibling,
Brother Anthony, to be the one who knocked so late. She knew he would still be
observing the evening silence but she hoped he would stop by and at least
demonstrate an effort to make amends for the argument they had earlier at
dinner. She hated that things were left as they were, and she knew she was to
blame, but she still hoped he would make the first move and come around and
offer his forgiveness.
It had been
strategy on her part to wait until the last minute to tell him, knowing that
after dinner he was required to go to the service of Adoration of the Blessed
Sacrament at seven, followed by Compline at seven thirty. Once those services
in the monastery chapel had been completed, she knew that the monks would enter
into Grand Silence and that he would be unable to speak to anyone until after
breakfast, and by that time it would be too late. She would have already made
her presentation; she would have already made his discovery public.
Interesting. I love all kinds of
mysteries. How can readers find you on the Internet?
My website is www.lynnehinton.comThank you, Lynne, for sharing this book with us. I'm sure my readers are as eager to read it as I am.
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13 comments:
angela in ky would love to win.
I enjoy mysteries and Sister Eve sounds like a great character!
Connie from KY
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This story sounds fascinating.
Mary P
QLD AUSTRALIA
Looks like a great story. Melissa in Mechanicsville VA. ahenderson312(at)gmail(dot)com
I am not familiar with this author or her books.
The book looks as if it would be a hard one to put down.
Janet E.
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Florida
"Sister Eve and the Blue Nun" sounds amazing. Looking forward to reading the book. I'm from the Chicago area of Illinois.
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"Sister Eve and the Blue Nun" sounds amazing. Looking forward to reading the book. I'm from the Chicago area of Illinois.
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This book has really captured my attention - sounds interesting and unique! Would love to win it. :)
Thanks for the giveaway and interview!
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Conway SC.
This books sounds very interesting especially after reading the first page! I'm from Illinois. I look forward to reading this book.
This book sounds really good. I will have to look up the author since she is new to me.
KayLee from NY
I would love to read a good mystery.
Michelle
CA
I'm adding this to my To Read Wish List. Sister Eve sounds really interesting and I enjoy reading mysteries.
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Karen G., NY
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