It has been a while since the last 'Behind the Pages' feature, like over a year now. So it's only fitting that I start this back up with new Indie author Meg Collett. You might know this awesome lady from her End of Days series, and most recently for her Contemporary release, Fakers. Meg will be giving away a boxset along with her latest, so continue below for that along with her interview with IFB.
1. Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from, and when did you realize that you wanted to be an author?
I was born and raised in rural Tennessee, where I grew up reading and riding horses. When it was time for college, I bounced around a lot, transferring to a few different schools before I finally got my degree at the University of Tennessee. It was during that time that I realized I wanted to be an author. I started writing a book in 2008 when I was a freshman in college. It was the beginning of what would eventually become “The Hunted One”, which is the first book in my End of Days series.
2. Who are some of your biggest influences?
Back when I was a little girl, I loved reading Nancy Drew mysteries and The Saddle Club. Eventually, I grew into Nora Roberts and Mary Higgins Clark. Those books really spurred my love of reading. Now, as a writer, I look to people who are writing good stories and making it work as an author, which is a lot harder to do than you would think. People like Hugh Howey and Denise Grover Swank inspire me, because they are good industry savvy people. But Andrew Davidson (“The Gargoyle”) inspired my early writing style. That book just resonated so much with me. It’s a lovely story, and I recommend it to anyone who likes a touch of historical romance (it’s not a complete historical romance novel. I don’t really know how to describe it, but it’s amazing). Other influences include Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale”, Charles Dickens’s “A Tale of Two Cities”, Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies series, Leigh Bardugo (new author of the Grisha trilogy. LOVED IT), the Harry Potter books, and Alice Hoffman.
