I'm so excited to introduce a great author/podcaster and artist that I had the pleasure of meeting in the Maple Leaf Mystery Conference! Please welcome the multi-talented Joanna Vander Vlught!
Joanna Vander Vlugt is an author and illustrator. As a teenager, she drew charcoal portraits and wrote mysteries. Her short mysteries Egyptian Queen and The Parrot and Wild Mushroom Stuffing were published in Crime Writers of Canada mystery anthologies. Her essay, No Beatles Reunion was published in the Dropped Threads 3: Beyond the Small Circle anthology. Her amateur sleuth thriller series features the sister duo, Jade and Sage. The Unravelling and the sequel Dealer’s Child were both Canadian Book Club Awards finalists. She is working on book three. Joanna is proud of her podcast JCVArtStudio and the many artists and authors she’s interviewed. Her motorcycle illustrations have been purchased world-wide.
Social media links:
Website: www.jcvartstudio.net
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joannavandervlugt_author_art/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joannavandyauthor
What
would you write if you knew you couldn’t fail?
It's speculative fiction. I'm going to challenge myself and my next book is
going to be a speculative fiction, futuristic novel.
How do
you know when your book is finished?
When
I'm exhausted from rewrites, and I can't think of any way to make my book any
better.
Do you
write part-time or full-time?
I
retired in January 2022 and I now write full-time. I find my time is split
between writing, podcasting and art.
How
long on average does it take you to write a book?
It takes me just over a year to write a book. I will not publish a book if
I don't feel it's ready.
What is
the most difficult part of your artistic process?
I'm writing a series, so it's making sure the characters are in check with
their previous nuances from the earlier books.
What is
your next project?
I'm excited to write this futuristic, speculative fiction novel. I have a
new female lead, whom I'm excited to write about.
“First I will destroy you, then I will hurt the ones you love, then you’ll beg me for mercy.”
Does opium have an expiration date? Jade Thyme must delve into her mother’s free-spirited past if she wants to prove her father was murdered and hadn’t died from a cocaine overdose.
Legislative Clerk Adam Younghusband drops on Jade’s desk damning evidence regarding the island’s once feared drug dealer, Oscar Cooper. Immediately Jade and Sage are targets as they uncover generations of drug dealers, while hiding from an arsonist determined to destroy them. Is it all connected? From her mother's ghost appearing on the picnic table to a possessed typewriter tapping a warning, 1968 clashes with the present as Jade uncovers a deadly secret while trying to stay one step ahead of a murderer hellbent on revenge.
Dealer’s Child
links: https://amzn.to/3PH52iT
Jade Thyme celebrates successfully defending Jules Cranbury on a murder charge. Her celebration is short-lived when she finds Jules murdered. Jade investigates and uncovers a secret justice society whose members hide behind white tabs and black robes while delivering their own vigilante justice. Jade locates a once prominent and respected lawyer, now known as Noxzema Man, homeless and panhandling in Fan Tan Alley. He warns Jade. Judges, lawyers and police make up the Society. Trust no one. The MotoCityDolls, her sister's all-female motorcycle gang, save Jade from a Society assassin. Forced to take a leave of absence, Jade packs up her office, but not before coming face-to-face with another assassin--Jules's murderer.
The Unravelling
links: https://amzn.to/3NsAQGo
The Unravelling from my own website: https://bit.ly/3PE0nhB
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