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3 BOOK GIVEAWAY - RENE GUTTERIDGE INTERVIEW - AUTHOR OF POSSESSION

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rene Gutteridge is the author of seventeen novels, including four suspense novels from Tyndale House Publishers (The Splitting Storm, Storm Gathering, Storm Surge, and Listen). She is also known for her Christian comedy novels and sketches. She studied screenwriting while earning a mass communications degree, graduating magna cum laude from Oklahoma City University and earning the Excellence in Mass Communication Award. She served as the full-time director of drama for First United Methodist Church for five years. She now writes full-time and enjoys instructing at writers conferences and in college classrooms. She lives with her husband, Sean, a musician, and their children in Oklahoma City.

An Interview with Rene Gutteridge (thanks to Tyndale Publishers for allowing me to post this interview and have this giveaway)

Many readers are familiar with your comedies, but how many suspense novels have you written, and what made you decide to write another one?

This is my sixth pure suspense. Suspense is actually my favorite genre in which to write. When I was a kid, the very first novel I attempted was a ghost story. Suspense lets me explore good and evil and all the fears that I sometimes don’t want to admit are there. It lets me believe that there are still heroes in the world. It helps me gain perspective on my life. And I can relax a bit in the writing process. To be a great comedy writer, you have to have suffered a bit. Many comedy writers are intense and dark, like you’d expect a suspense writer to be. Suspense writers are usually very witty and engaging, like you’d expect a comedy writer to be. Thankfully, my split personality allows me to toggle between both.

How did the idea for Possession come to you?

It sort of came from two different places. I’d read a magazine article about people whose possessions were being held for ransom by..... TO READ THE COMPLETE INTERVIEW AND ENTER THE DRAWING CLICK THIS LINK http://psalm516.blogspot.com/2011/09/3-giveways-possession-by-rene....
Loved this book and the many others I've read by this author.

Nora St.Laurent
The Book Club Network
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