Interview with Michaela Riley, Author of Embittered Justice

Touring the blogosphere this month is Michaela Riley, author of Embittered Justice, a new novel of suspense inspired by the sometimes unjust decisions of our legal system. Riley has been a registered nurse for twenty years and is the CEO of her own professional development company. She was kind enough to answer some of my questions here today.

Welcome to Blogcritics, Michaela. Why don't you start by telling us a bit about yourself.

I decided to become an author when I was a child. My mother said authors didn’t make much money so I should be something like a nurse. I resisted for a few years and eventually became a Registered Nurse, giving up the dreams and aspirations of becoming an author. I have been practicing nursing for nearly twenty years and I am finally able to do something I want. Being an author is not a full-time job for me at this point, but I'm planning to change that in the next few weeks when I retire from the Army Nurse Corp.

Were you an avid reader as a child? What type of books did you enjoy reading?

As a child I would bring home as many books as I could carry. I loved to escape to other places through the characters in each book I read. I always liked to read stories about travel, love, and suspense. The childhood years were spent getting those stars for reading the most books…I still love to read mystery and suspense.

Tell us a bit about your latest book, and what inspired you to write such a story.

Embittered Justice was written after witnessing the affects of wrongful prosecution in an innocent woman’s life. It appeared that these types of stories get buried until the magical DNA test frees someone after being in prison for a crime they didn’t commit. Malicious Prosecution in Embittered Justice is inspired by a true story; although the book is fictionalized, malicious prosecution is not. It is very real and can have devastating effects on the lives of the innocent.

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