In this AUTHORLINK video interview, the ‘writer to watch’ declared by the quintessential Publisher’s Weekly is ELLE MARR!
Publishing a book once a year since the start of the pandemic, she’s been called ‘#1 Amazon bestseller’; included in the Goodreads’ list of Books to Read for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and earned a Kirkus starred review!
In this AUTHORLINK video interview, the ‘writer to watch’ declared by the quintessential Publisher’s Weekly is ELLE MARR!
Publishing a book once a year since the start of the pandemic, she’s been called ‘#1 Amazon bestseller’; included in the Goodreads’ list of Books to Read for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and earned a Kirkus starred review!
In the meantime, she continues to tell ‘powerful and compelling stories of women who demonstrate resilience in the face of great obstacles’, while raising her two-year-old with her husband and giving birth to their second baby!
How do some people do it? Elle tells us in her charming, modest way.
While most of us would recoil at such obstacles, as fresh as a daisy, she makes it look easy or, as she laughingly says, ‘it’s the light-ring.’
We talk about her latest work of fiction, STRANGERS WE KNOW, released this month, and how she was inspired by her own mother’s DNA discovery paralleled with the capture of the Golden State killer that created the story in her mind.
“Adopted when she was only days old, Ivy Hon knows little about her lineage. But when she’s stricken with a mystery illness, the results of a genetic test to identify the cause attract the FBI. According to Ivy’s DNA, she’s related to the Full Moon Killer, who has terrorized the Pacific Northwest for decades. Ivy is the FBI’s hope to stop the enigmatic predator from killing again.
When an online search connects Ivy with her younger cousin, she heads to rural Rock Island, Washington, to meet the woman. Motivated by a secret desire to unmask a murderous relative, Ivy reaches out to what’s left of a family of strangers.
Discovering her mother’s tragic fate and her father’s disappearance is just the beginning. As Ivy ventures into a serial killer’s home territory, she realizes that she may be the next victim of poisonous blood ties” – STRANGERS WE KNOW
Elle shares with us her writing journey, whether she’s a ‘pantser or a plotter,’ what she did before she was an author, the hardest thing to hear as a writer, and so much more.
Finally, she tells AUTHORLINK who she’d invite for dinner – living or otherwise – and why she thinks they’d be a great mix.
In this 30-minute interview with AUTHORLINK, Elle shares her thoughts, history, and ideas behind her story-telling craft. We hope you enjoy it.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Elle Marr strives to tell compelling stories of women who demonstrate resilience in the face of significant obstacles. She is the author of thrillers, THE MISSING SISTER (2020), LIES WE BURY (2021), and STRANGERS WE KNOW (May 2022).
THE MISSING SISTER was a #1 Amazon bestseller, #1 in the Kindle Store, an Amazon Charts bestseller, featured in Woman’s World, and named one of PopSugar’s “31 Thrillers of 2020.” In addition, LIES WE BURY earned a Kirkus-starred review, was named one of The Nerd Daily’s Eagerly Anticipated Thrillers and reached #1 in Serial Killer Fiction for four straight weeks. Publisher’s Weekly said, “Marr is a writer to watch.”
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