Interview With Author Katya Summers
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
There’s nothing quite like hitting an age milestone and losing your job in the same year to make you switch careers. I started writing when I was eight, but I hadn’t written fiction in over a decade. I’m thrilled to have found my way back to it with Hurricane Ryan, my first book.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Hurricane Ryan is my first fiction book. I started reading my first contemporary romance during a trip to Miami. Throw in the fact that I’d started a Baywatch rewatch the week before, and my lifeguard books were born.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Helena Newbury. I love her books and the way everything is in one universe.
What are you working on now?
Sea Side Cove 2, which will be a standalone featuring another lifeguard. Our main characters from Hurricane Ryan will be in the background.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just write. No matter how much self doubt you have, I promise there’s someone out there who is published and doesn’t have half your talent.
What are you reading now?
I’m working on Court of Silver Flames.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Book two and three for Sea Side Cove. I have another romantic standalone planned, but this one’s more of a comedy than a suspense book, based on a real life wedding I went to. And a fantasy series I started writing when I was fourteen that I’m thrilled to go back to.
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?
Outlaw’s Promise by Helena Newbury, Gleam by Raven Kennedy, and Chosen Mate by Lola Glass.
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