Manda Mellett
Welcome! This weeks Author of the Week is Manda Mellett. Manda has many books under her belt and was kind enough to take time out to answer these questions! And we got nosey!
So Manda, can you tell us a little about yourself?
I live in Essex in the UK with my husband — we’ve been married 32 years — and two crazy Irish Setters. I’ve a 27 year old son who lives away, but we are very close. My hobbies are reading, cooking, and keeping fit. I like walking and riding my bicycle, and, recently I’ve just bought myself a motorbike — I used to ride back in the day, (memorably riding out with the local Harley Owners’ Group) but am sorely out of practice, so getting back in the saddle is still a work in progress.
Who is the worst villain you’ve ever written, and why?
Now that’s a hard one. I like to have a protagonist people can hate in most of my books. I can’t really say one’s been worse than another. If I was to name one, it would be the person who led the conversion therapy described in Joker’s Fool — the chilling thing about this is that it’s real and it happens.
Sounds like something we all should avoid. What is next on your list to write/publish?
I’m writing the third and fourth books in the San Diego Chapter, Avenging Devil parts 1 and 2. It was going to be just one book but Niran had too much to say. So I’ve had to split it. This will be my first time writing a cliffhanger, but knowing some readers hate them, I’ll be publishing both books quite close together. And naming them parts 1 and 2 should give a hint they go together. These books will be very dark, and not for the fainthearted.
They sound interesting. Who is your favourite author, and why?
There are too many to mention. Off the top of my head I’d say MariaLisa Demora as I love the way she crafts her words. AJ Downey as her stories flow so well and I love her descriptions. Lila Rose, Lilly Atlas — I could go on and on.
There’s so many authors out there it’s hard to chose from. Who encouraged you the most to write?
My husband. He’s been behind me all the way and is one of my beta readers. Also my son, who’s proud of his mum, and promises to read one of my books one day.
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