Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Margaret Tanner is a multi-published Award winning Australian author. She has 15 books in print and e-book formats on Amazon. She loves delving into the pages of history as she carries out research for her historical romance novels, and prides herself on being historically accurate. No book is too old or tattered for her to trawl through, no museum too dusty, or cemetery too overgrown. Many of her novels have been inspired by true events, with one being written around the hardships and triumphs of her pioneering ancestors in frontier Australia.
As part of her research she has visited the World War 1 battlefields in France and Belgium, a truly poignant experience.
Margaret is a member of the Melbourne Romance Writers Group (MRWG). She won the 2007 and 2009 Author of the Year at AussieAuthors.com. Her novel Frontier Wife won the Best Historical Romance Novel at the 2010 Readers Favorite Award, and another novel, Wild Oats was a 2011 Finalist in the EPIC awards. In 2013, her novel, Savage Possession, came 3rd in International Digital Awards contest hosted by the Oklahoma RWA, and her World War 1 novel, A Rose In No Man’s Land was a semi-finalist in The Kindle Book Reviews 2013 Best Indie Book Awards.
Margaret is married with three grown up sons, and two gorgeous little granddaughters.
Outside of her family and friends, writing is her passion.
Website: http://www.margarettanner.com/
Publishers: The Wild Rose Press.
Whiskey Creek Press.
Books We Love
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Haunted Hearts.
I was flying home from England after visiting my son, and was reading about the war in Afghanistan, and it came to me. What would it be like for a young woman to lose her husband over there? Would she be able to find happiness with another man? And the story just evolved from there. This is the first contemporary romance that I have had published, so it is a milestone for me.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really, but I do like to write in total silence.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Colleen McCullough
Ethel Turner
Mary Grant Bruce
Bryce Courtney
What are you working on now?
I am working on some short stories for an anthology at the moment.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My own website, and that of my publisher Books We Love, although I am starting to master Facebook.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Never give up on your dream of publication no matter how many rejections you receive.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If you can’t say anything nice about a person, don’t say anything.
What are you reading now?
I have just finished reading Blind Acceptance, written by Western Romance author, Susan Horsnell.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I want to write a Best Seller
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?
Bible
Dictionery
A Rose In No-Man’s Land (one of my own books, but my favourite)
Author Websites and Profiles
Margaret Tanner Website
Margaret Tanner Amazon Profile