Historical Fiction Author Kathye Quick Talks Books and How American Idol Became Inspiration for New Novel

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Kathye Quick writes contemporary and career romances for Avalon Books, romantic comedy and historicals for Wings Press, urban fantasy for Cerridwen Press, and most recently medieval historical romances for Wild Rose Press.

In August 2009, Avalon Books will publish her three-book contemporary romance series entitled Grandmother's Rings. The books, Amethyst (August 2009), Sapphire (December 2009) and Citrine (early 2010) follow the Archer family siblings in their quest to find their soul mates using rings given to them by their grandmother. Kathye used the birthstones from her family for her inspiration for this series.

Her latest book is a historical fiction novel, Cynthia and Constantine. We interviewed her to find out more about her new book and her life as a published author.

Thank you for this interview, Kathye.  Can you tell us a little about yourself and how long you’ve been writing?

I live in Central New Jersey with husband, Donald, and am a very happy empty-nester having three boys all with places of their own.  That means one of their rooms is my writing haven. 

In addition to Cynthia and Constantine, my first medieval romance, I write contemporary and career romances for Avalon Books, romantic comedy and historicals for Wings Press and fantasy Romances as P.K. Eden for Cerridwen Press with fellow multipublished author Patt Mihailoff.

I am a co-founding member of an incredible writers’ group, Liberty States Fiction Writers, formed this year to further the interests of writers of all genres.  I had been a member of a strictly romance only group for over twenty years, and was even its president twice, but found it to confining for the present fiction marketplace where the lines between genres are blurring.  I do credit some of the members of my former group, some of whom are also co-founders of the new group, with helping me get published. 

My fifth hardcover romance for Avalon Books, ‘Tis the Season, a holiday story complete with Santa Claus, a sleigh ride and a New England snowfall was a 2006 HOLT Medallion finalist.   My debut historical romance, Daughters of the Moon, has been heralded as a flawless glimpse into the world of the ancient Greeks.

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