Interview With Author Alexandra Kitty
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am an award-winning Canadian author of twenty books, now writing my 21st.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Sport of Presidents: The History of US Presidents and Golf. I was inspired when I noticed how much you could tell about a president’s leadership style by their golf game.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes, I believe in “method research”: immersing myself in my topics by various means to collect ecologically valid data. I conduct experiments in the real world, by, for instance, taking a job to understand the realities of it. For instance, I worked as a true crime researcher for A Time to Kill for three seasons in order to understand the reality and ethics of the profession.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces, Richard Adams’ Watership Down, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles were big influences on me.
What are you working on now?
I am writing a nonfiction book that is being kept under wraps.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
alexandrakitty.com
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes, get out in the world and explore it before you start building worlds of your own.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t wait for an opportunity; create it.
What are you reading now?
Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower by William Blum.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I am also working for a production company developing new shows.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Blank notebooks; so I could write something unique and have something published when I came back to civilization.
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