A Conversation With Dawn V. Cahill

Author Dawn V. Cahill pens “stories of victorious faith for the 21st century,” nearly always with a crossword puzzle, sudoku or dark chocolate nearby. She has written newspaper articles, three Christian contemporary novels and more limericks than she can count. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers.

How do you pick the location/setting of your romantic suspense novels?
Dawn: First of all, the setting needs to be familiar to me. I live on the West Coast, so I wouldn’t be inclined to set a story in, say, Cutter Gap, West Virginia.

For my Seattle Trilogy, I chose that setting because I lived outside Seattle for about five years and know it well enough to write about it. (Saves on research time!) Plus, there’s something about Seattle’s rain-soaked grayness and its high stark fir trees that lends a spooky quality to the story.

What did you want to be as a child (and did that dream come true)?
Dawn: I always wanted to be an author from the time I could read! I was an early reader, loved books and stories, and as I read I would wonder, Could I write something this good? Sure enough, in my fifties, I published my debut novel, Sapphire Secrets, and from the raving reviews, apparently my readers think I wrote something “that good.”

What is one of your favorite ways to connect with readers?
Dawn: I love when a reader “discovers” me and sends me an email to tell me about it! It doesn’t happen very often, but when it does, it’s a real day-brightener.

Current book: Moonstone Secrets
One missing boyfriend…one dead ex-wife. If DeeDee pursues their secrets, will she put herself in danger, too?

Connect W/Dawn
Website: dawnvcahill.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Dawn-V-Cahill-Author-581290478668884/
Twitter: @dvcahill
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/dawnvcahillauth/pins/