This week’s Corks & Conversation was with Dana Stabenow, Edgar award-winning author of thirty-seven novels …
Dana chose the Delheim Pinotage Rosé from South Africa to drink. It is not too sweet and she has lovely friends who visited the vineyard then shared it with her. We might have to add South Africa to our list of post-pandemic wine destinations.
Dana’s newest book, The Spoils of the Dead, is set so intimately in her native Alaska. It is part of her Liam Campbell series of mysteries. We fell in love with the characters so we can’t wait until the next book comes out.
Dana revealed how she approaches writing her novels…
“Setting is the single most important thing for me, you have to know where the setting is, you have to be grounded, so to speak, in the setting of every book.”
In order to get a good handle on setting, Dana even spent time on a Coast Guard vessel one February in Alaska. What a story!
Don’t only take our word for it that she is a wonderful and sharing writer … you can also join her group of fans/friends called the Danamaniacs. And to further her commitment to helping writers learn the business side of writing, she has started a writers retreat in Alaska called Storyknife.
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