On this week’s Corks & Conversation with Veronica Gutierrez episode we covered a diverse range of topics filled with quite a few laughs! Have a listen …
Veronica Gutierrez is the debut author of As You Look, a real page-turner of a crime fiction novel. Novelist is just the latest of a string of careers and accomplishments that make Veronica one of our most interesting guests. Her writing is inspired by her QPOC friends and family as well as her past as a community organizer, non-profit leader, civil rights attorney, and corporate executive!
She grew up in Boyle Heights, the Los Angeles home of her protagonist, Yolanda Avila. Yolanda is a Los Angeles private investigator who races to find her kidnapped godson and protect her wife from a murderer all while dealing with her own “juju.” Here’s how Veronica describes this character:
“She’s a woman who is dealing with grief and guilt and the intersection of those two with some nascent psychic tendencies that she, as a detective who wants to focus on facts, rejects.”
We also enjoyed talking about her mixology and her book, My Little Black Cocktail Book. Christie learned a new term “philanthropic cocktailing” in relation to Veronica’s fundraising venture, Mixology on a Mission. And we found out her favorite cocktail is a Boulevardier, which is like a negroni, but with bourbon instead of gin.
This debut novel is described as a must read Latinx LBGTQ+ Crime Fiction Novel. We loved all aspects of this page-turner and think you will too! We suggest you get a copy (indie bookshop.org or Amazon.com) and enjoy with a glass of wine (try Rombauer Zinfandel if you want to splurge) like we did!
Highlights
4:10 This wine is fine
7:28 Philanthropic Cocktailing
9:03 Cover Art, It’s personal!
15:00 We’re talking ju-ju
16:38 We love good relationships in novels
20:06 Veronica’s favorite drink recipe
22:00 Lot’s of jobs on the way to author
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