Q&A with K.M. Colley

From my Q&A with K.M. Colley, author of The Roaring Ridleys: A Novel:

How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?

Call me biased, but I think The Roaring Ridleys is a great title. In two words it conveys the 1920s setting (roaring) and the family dynasty dynamic (Ridleys). The Roaring Ridleys is a sharp and lush mystery thriller set in 1920s New York, where the adopted heirs of a powerful multicultural family fall under suspicion after a scandalous columnist is found dead, unraveling secrets from Harlem to the Gold Coast mansions of Long Island.

What's in a name?

My granny was strong on the idea that names have power. She would have me Google the meanings of the names of people I met ever since I was a child. So, for the daughters' names...[read on]

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Q&A with K.M. Colley.

--Marshal Zeringue