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ANNIE ASKS Vanessa Lillie
ANNIE ASKS
Annie McDonnell introduces Vanessa Lillie, author of the USA Today bestselling suspense novel, Blood Sisters
I use the Proust model when interviewing authors. It was created in the 1890’s. I first saw it in Vanity Fair magazine, and I was so entertained. A very interesting fact about this is that authors can use this Proust model to learn more about their characters by asking their characters these questions. What better way to learn more about the authors!
Be sure to watch our YouTube interview over at Well Read Magazine’s YouTube channel, “Between the Pages”. I think you’ll get such a kick out of Vanessa Lillie. She is truly inspiring!
I was so honored to interview Vanessa! She is an author that I have been crazy about since reading her first book “Little Voices”, now with her third book “Blood Sisters” I am wanting to shout from the treetops about it. What I love about Vanessa is that she can teach us about women’s lives, women’s emotions, women’s history, history of the land, etc. yet it’s all wrapped up in a thriller that literally has you flipping pages until the very end. Not only having your hair raised but you are learning along the way. I always say her books are literary women’s fiction wrapped up in a phenomenal thriller. Her books should not be missed!
Vanessa’s previous bestselling thrillers LITTLE VOICES and FOR THE BEST are also brilliant. She had co-authored the #1 bestselling and ITW award nominated Audible Original YOUNG RICH WIDOWS, with the sequel forthcoming, DESPERATE DEADLY WIDOWS, coming to Audible in March 2024.
Blood Sisters was chosen as GMA BOOK CLUB BOOK BUZZ, TARGET BOOK CLUB PICK, AMAZON BEST OF 2023 THRILLER SERIES AND WASHINGTON POST BEST MYSTERY 2023.
Vanessa is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma living on Narragansett land in Rhode Island. She has fifteen years of marketing and communications experience, and was a columnist for the Providence Journal. Vanessa hosts an Instagram Live show with crime fiction authors.
Be sure to watch our YouTube interview over at Well Read Magazine’s YouTube channel, “Between the Pages”. I think you’ll get such a kick out of Vanessa Lillie. She is truly inspiring!
