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Today, we’ve teamed up with Rachel’s Random Resources to bring you a BOOK SPOTLIGHT and a very special Q&A with author Tessa Buckley! The book sounds SPOOKY-licious and the question answer session was most enlightening, so, if you think you’re ready, let’s get this show on the road! Ladies and gents, today’s title in the spotlight is...
Haunted
by
Tessa Buckley
About the book...
Alex doesn’t believe in ghosts, but he is about to have his beliefs challenged…
When Jimmy Devlin asks the twins to investigate the strange things that have been happening at The Priory, Alex seizes the opportunity to prove to his sister that there is no such thing as ghosts. However, it soon becomes clear that unquiet spirits are not the only problem facing the Devlin family.
Are the family servants hiding secrets? Has a valuable ring been stolen, or just mislaid? And what has happened to Jimmy’s missing elder brother, Harry? As the twins and Jimmy try to solve the many mysteries of The Priory, they discover they are dealing with a very dangerous enemy…
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Q&A with Author Tessa Buckley
How
long have you been writing?
I
started writing my own stories almost as soon as I could read, but as
I got older, life got in the way, and by the time I was working in my
first job, the writing tailed off. It was really only when my
children were in full time schooling that I decided to start again.
It’s definitely easier to write fiction when you are older and have
more life experience to draw on.
Do
you write non-fiction as well as novels?
Soon
after my first child was born, I was diagnosed with multiple
sclerosis. At the time, there were no treatments for the disease, but
after I discovered the research that had been done on diet and MS, I
changed my diet and improved my health dramatically. I then wrote a
book about the benefits of nutritional therapy (The Multiple
Sclerosis Diet Book) and was lucky enough to find a publisher quite
quickly. I have since written a lot of articles about nutrition and
healthy eating.
What
gave you the idea for the Eye Spy series?
One
day the voice of Alex, my teen detective, just popped into my head,
and I heard him describe his life with his Nan, a school dinner lady,
and his eccentric inventor father. It was only later that I realised
that he and his twin sister, Donna, were inspired by memories of a
brother and sister I knew when I was a child. It wasn’t difficult
to choose a setting for the series either – a small seaside town -
as I live in a seaside town myself, so it was familiar territory to
me.
What
are your favourite hobbies?
I
do a lot of cooking, but I am also passionate about family history. I
am hoping to write a book about my mother’s ancestors, a lot of
whom ran successful coaching inns. I’m also researching my
husband’s family, who have a very different background in mining,
socialism, and trade union activism.
What
is it about writing that has given you the most enjoyment?
When
I am writing, I can escape into an imaginary world, just as I did as
a child when I read Enid Blyton, or the Narnia stories. Today’s
children are under a lot more pressure than my generation were,
trying to navigate their way through a much more complex and
uncertain world, and if my books can provide them with some enjoyable
escapism in difficult times, then I will have achieved my goal.
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About the author...
Tessa Buckley was an inveterate scribbler as a child, and spent much of her time writing and illustrating stories. After studying Interior Design, she spent fifteen years working for architects and designers. She took up writing again after her young daughter complained that she couldn’t find enough adventure stories to read. This led, in 2016, to the publication of Eye Spy, the first in a series of detective stories for 9-12 year olds, designed to encourage reluctant readers. The second book in the series, Haunted, was a finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards 2017.
Tessa lives with her husband and a large white cat called Pippa. in a town on the Thames estuary, which inspired the seaside setting for the novels. She also writes about health and nutrition, and family history, which has been her passion for many years.
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Special thanks to
Rachel at
Rachel's Random Resources for the chance to bring this reveal to you as well as to author Tessa Buckley for indulging my curious mind. (THANKS!) For more information on this title, the author, this promotion, or those on the horizon, feel free to click through the links provided above. Be sure to check out the rest of the tour as it makes its way through the blogosphere...
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