Interview With Author Peter Bousfield
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
So myself (Peter) and Victoria the two halves of P.V Bousfield were born in the UK in two completely different places. I was born in Stockton On Tees in the north east of England. The external reputation of Teesside is that it is smoggy and full of industry which isn’t completely true we do have beautiful parks and people but dont tell anymore as living is relatively cheap compared to the rest of the country. Victoria was born in Harrogate but grew up in the Yorkshire dales in one of the most beautiful places in the UK known as Hawes. Even though we came from completely different backgrounds one of the things we both dreamed of is writing our own book which is why we have wrote the first in a planned trilogy of books called – The Deadwood Chronicles: The Crimson Cage.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Deadwood Chronicles: The Crimson Cage is the name of our first book and it was inspired by a fever dream of Victoria being chased and falling into water something that may happen in the book. The Deadwood Chronicles: The Crimson Cage is a action adventure set in a post apocalyptic world with fantasy elements so I feel it appeals to a lot of genres. After talking about Victoria’s dream idea built on idea and before we knew it we had a large cast of characters we now love and a story we hope people love as much as we do.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Being erratic in our schedule as we both work other jobs to support ourselves so sometimes its hard to find time. As for unusual habits its a bit of a cliché but we drink tea being proud British citizens and everyone knows how much we love our tea (Yorkshire tea that is) .
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Suzanne Collins and Hungers Games are massive inspiration for us, Victoria’s favourite book of all time is called Dragon bound by Thea Harrison, she also loves the author Sherrilyn Kenyon who writes the series Born of night and W.J May – The Chronicles of Kerrigan. Whereas my favourite book is between City of the lost by Kelley Armstrong or Hunger Games.
What are you working on now?
Book two of The Deadwood Chronicles which is going to be more action packed than the first. We are also working on a detective book that has a few chapters which we think people who love crime and creepiness will enjoy.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
We both need to work on promoting ourselves as we are writers and not marketers so at the minute we have a Facebook page. We hope to get a website up and running soon but we are focusing on producing books people will enjoy first.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t be shy and promote to your friends and family first as it can be hard to get a boost at the beginning we are still learning ourselves but promote to anyone who will listen.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t waste time as its the only resource you can never get back so spent it on things you love.
What are you reading now?
I am currently making my way through the Kelley Armstrong Rockton series Victoria is reading flames of lethe by Lexi Talonis.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Write more books the dream is to be able to write full time and quit the 9-5 and focus on writing but that is down to people buying the books we put out there hopefully people enjoy them and we can be as big as JK Rowling and get some movies made.
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?
I would bring the Rockton series because I am really enjoying it and if I’m stuck on a island I need to know how it finishes. Victoria would take something very lengthy which she is not quite sure of just yet.
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