INTERVIEW
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What is
your book about?
The Devil’s Pawn is
fifteen-year old Simon Porte’s story. After his family is killed in a car
crash, Simon’s Uncle Raymond, whom he’s never met, brings him to live with him
and his wife in upstate New York. Simon’s leery of his strange uncle, and for
good reason. Raymond knows he’s dying and is using his diabolical powers to
take over Simon’s healthy young body. Simon learns to develop his own powers.
With the help of his dotty great-aunt, his newly-discovered sister, and a pair
of odd-ball twins, he wages war against his evil uncle and his cronies.
·
Why do
you incorporate the supernatural in some of your novels?
I think supernatural
elements enhance the excitement, raise the stakes, and help drive the plot.
Simon’s always been aware of his extraordinary ability to read most people’s
minds, but with his great-aunt to guide him, he must develop his inherited
powers to defeat his uncle and save his own life.
·
Describe
your writing in three words.
Entertaining,
compelling, smooth.
·
Share
with us your biggest hurdles in the writing process?
Believe it or not,
it’s sitting down to write each day. I secretly wonder each time if I’m up to
the job. Once I get started I’m fine. After writing for so many years, you’d
think I’d remember this.
·
What
project(s) are you working on now?
Right now I’m writing
a sequel to my adult mystery, Giving Up
the Ghost. I’m also editing a romantic suspense to send to one of my
publishers.
·
Is there
anything else you would like to say to your readers?
A few months from
now, StarWalk Kids is bringing out my second Rufus novel for young readers: Rufus and the Witch’s Slave. Rufus is
spending a summer month in the south of France with his friend Billy’s family.
The boys encounter an old witch who is taking advantage of a young girl’s
magical powers and forcing her to steal from surrounding villas.
·
Where can
readers find you and your book(s) online?
My website is:
www.marilynlevinson.com
About the Book:
Paperback price: $12.98
eBook price: $2.99
Publisher: Booktrope Editions
ISBN-13: 978-1-5137-0215-5
After fifteen-year-old Simon Porte’s family is killed in an automobile crash, his father’s brother whom he’s never met brings Simon to live with him and his wife in upstate New York. Simon doesn’t trust Uncle Raymond, and for good reason. Raymond is dying and using his powers to take over Simon’s body. Simon and his allies—his dotty great-aunt Lucinda, his sister whom he finds living with another relative, and a pair of odd twins—wage war against the evil Raymond and his cronies.
About the Author:
A former Spanish teacher, Marilyn Levinson writes novels for kids and mysteries for adults. Some of her books for young readers are AND DON’T BRING JEREMY, which was a nominee for six state awards, NO BOYS ALLOWED, and RUFUS AND MAGIC RUN AMOK, an International Reading Association-Children’s Book Council “Children’s Choice.” RUFUS AND THE WITCH’S SLAVE, will be out in the fall. Marilyn like traveling, foreign films, reading, knitting, Sudoku, dining out, and talking to her granddaughter Olivia on Face Time. She lives on Long Island.
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