Interview Archives - Shelley Blanton-Stroud

Poster Girl Launch–You’re Invited!

Shelley Admin2023-11-11T15:48:10+00:00Gina Rossi, historical fiction, Indie Bookstores, Interview, Jane Benjamin, Launch, library, Mary camarillo, Noir, Poster Girl, Rosie the riveter, Ruby's Books, Sacramento Public Library, Shady Lady Bar, Wendy the Welder, women in history, world war ii|

I can hardly believe it's time but Poster Girl's publication day is this Tuesday, 11/14! I'd love to see you [...]

Queen of Mean: Hedda Hopper

Shelley Admin2022-09-20T16:54:22+00:00#amwriting, Catriona McPherson, COLUMNIST, Copy Boy, Fact and fiction, Flyboy, Gossip, historical fiction, Interview, Mystery Review Crew, Research, Stories on Stage Sacramento|

Researching the third Jane Benjamin Novel (Flyboy, November 2023) had me reading quite a bit about 1940s gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. [...]

Difficult? Horrible? Badass?

Shelley Admin2022-08-26T22:53:47+00:00#amwriting, audience, AUTHOR, Book Event, Catriona McPherson, Fact and fiction, feminist, Gossip, historical fiction, historical thriller, Interview, Tomboy|

Talking about Tomboy with very good friends. For the past three years I've co-directed Stories on Stage Sacramento with author Dorothy [...]

Stories on Stage Sacramento–with Catriona McPherson

Shelley Admin2022-06-23T02:59:38+00:00audience, AUTHOR, Book Event, Book signing, Interview, Launch, Noir|

Stories on Stage Sacramento owns a huge chunk of my heart--what a mighty little performance non-profit it is! That's why [...]

Join me for launch?

Shelley Admin2022-06-03T22:12:08+00:00AUTHOR, Book Event, Book signing, Giveaway, historical fiction, historical thriller, Indie Bookstores, Interview, Launch, Online event, Publishing|

Tomboy launches in the last week of June. I hope you'll join in some of the festivities. (Copy Boy launched [...]

Interviews are dangerous

Shelley Admin2022-01-18T18:27:28+00:00audience, AUTHOR, Copy Boy, Craft, Dust Bowl, Fact and fiction, FAMILY, historical thriller, Interview|

It's like I'm a sophomore. It's fascinating to me how a person can turn sixty and still feel, well, sophomoric. To [...]

Launching the Mystery Review Crew

Shelley Admin2022-01-18T18:28:06+00:00AUTHOR, Craft, feminist noir, Giveaway, historical fiction, historical thriller, Interview, Mystery Review Crew, Noir, Online event, Video|

In just three days, January 10, the Mystery Review Crew website will launch, sharing news, reviews, interviews, videos and more [...]

Caitlin Rother and Origin Stories

Shelley Admin2022-01-18T18:33:24+00:00AUTHOR, Craft, Fact and fiction, FAMILY, History, Interview, origin story, Research|

On LitHub's Authors in the Tent, Ona Russell recently interviewed true crime writer, Caitlin Rother. Rother's written 14 books. As a [...]

Author David Heska Wanbli Weiden on justice in crime fiction

Shelley Admin2021-10-29T15:01:22+00:00AUTHOR, Craft, Fact and fiction, Interview, Justice, Stories on Stage Sacramento|

In a recent event by Stories on Stage Sacramento, I interviewed crime novelist, David Heska Wanbli Weiden, author of Winter [...]