This month, we bring you a most delightful interview with the one and only ClarissaNorth She is the author of the steamy, age-gap, summer romance: Secrets, Lies, and Summer Skies and many other stories!
AfterDark Team: Thank you for availing your time Clarissa! For those meeting you for the first time, tell us more about yourself.
Thank you so much for asking me to take part!
Hi everyone, I'm Clarissa and I'm from the UK. I'm in my thirties, have an addiction to buying mechanical keyboards, I'm mostly fuelled by coffee and sarcasm. I started writing when I was about 7 or 8 years old and finished my first novel when I was about 17. It will never see the light of day!
Team Afterdark likes to play with danger. So, here goes our question. If ClarissaNorth was a character in your books, who'd they be and why?
I'm not sure I'm anywhere near as exciting as most of the heroines in your amazing catalogue of featured books. I'd probably be the quiet author who spends her days in the local cafe until she stumbles into the path of a dangerous mob boss or a vampire, probably by doing something clumsy!
We want to know about your hobbies...
When I'm not reading and writing, I like to sew. I studied creative textiles in college and wanted to be a fashion designer for a while. I'm a miniaturist. My grandfather used to build doll houses, so I spent a lot of my childhood in sheds with tools and woodworking. As an adult, I've renovated two dolls houses and hand crafted most of the furniture inside. I also needle felt, draw, paint, sculpt, and make jewellery. I'd love to learn 3D printing and get a kiln someday but I think my spouse might lose what little sanity and patience he has left for my hobbies!
Can you tell us about your favorite movie or tv series?
My favourite TV series is definitely the BBC's version of Pride and Prejudice. Most recently mentioned in the Barbie movie. I felt very attacked because I watch it at least twice a year! I grew up watching Jane Austen adaptations.
I have a LOT of movies (several hundred) but I keep going back to Dracula. The accents are diabolical but I love a dramatic gothic romance, and I have a lifelong crush on Gary Oldman.
Do you have a favorite food or cuisine?
I love trying different cuisines and have had some gorgeous Turkish, Thai, Japanese, Mexican, Sichuan, Indian, and more in recent months.
My favourite meal is probably the Christmas Dinner my spouse makes every year. Not just because I don't need to go into the kitchen, but because he makes a mean roast. Slow cooker red wine beef, roast potatoes, pigs in blankets (in the uk these are wrapped with bacon instead of pastry), stuffing, veggies, honey roast parsnips, and Yorkshire pudding.
I could probably eat Yorkshire pudding every day if I had no self-control.
Your profile mentions your love of tea and cat petting. Do you have pets? What is your favorite tea?
I have two cats! Nova is a tuxedo cat with golden eyes and wonky legs, and Luna is a thicc girl with black fur and a wonky brain. We got them both free to save them from going to shelters.
Aww... Wish we could see them!
Wish granted. Meet my Cattens.
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