Interview With Author Andrew Davie
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have worked in theater, finance, and education. I have taught English and creative writing at the middle, high school, and college levels for students with learning differences and ADHD, English as second language learners in the United States, abroad in Hong Kong, and in Macau on a Fulbright Grant. In 2018, I survived a ruptured brain aneurysm and subarachnoid hemorrhage. I recently graduated with a clinical mental health counseling degree, practice as an LGPC, consult for James Mason University about brain injury assessments, and, before her passing, cared for my mother while she had ALS. I have written novellas in the crime fiction genre, memoirs about recovery, and short story collections.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
William Faulkner’s Cannibal Holocaust. I was teaching at the time and tried to think of the most outlandish and ironic title I could come up with.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
These days I write when I can, but when I was teaching and burned out during the week, I would write on Saturdays.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Charles Bukowski, James Clavell, Lee Child, Stephen Hunter, and Robert B. Parker
What are you working on now?
I’m working on a science fiction/horror installment to my “Beyond” series.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I use Youtube
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keeping going. The first draft is like dumping a box of puzzle pieces on the floor. It’s just important to get them all out. The following drafts are when you put the pieces together.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you might miss it.
What are you reading now?
Crazy Sorrow by Vince Passaro.
What’s next for you as a writer?
To keep writing.
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?
Factotum, The Iliad, Moby Dick, Man’s Search for Meaning.
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