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Author Interview: Tricia Rayburn

Tricia Rayburn

Books

  • The Melting of Maggie Bean
  • Maggie Bean Stays Afloat
  • Maggie Bean in Love
  • Ruby's Slippers
  • Siren

Website/Blog


Seventeen-year-old Vanessa Sands is afraid of everything—the dark, heights, the ocean—but her fearless older sister, Justine, has always been there to coach her through every challenge. That is, until Justine goes cliff-diving one night near the family’s vacation house in Maine, and her lifeless body washes up on shore the next day.

Though her parents hope that they’ll be able to find closure back in Boston, Vanessa can’t help feeling that her sister’s death wasn’t an accident. After discovering that Justine was keeping a lot of secrets, Vanessa returns to Winter Harbor, hoping that Justine’s boyfriend might know more. But Caleb has been missing since Justine’s death.

Soon, it’s not just Vanessa who’s afraid. All of Winter Harbor is abuzz with anxiety when another body washes ashore, and panic sets in when the small town becomes host to a string of fatal, water-related accidents in which all the victims are found, horrifically, grinning from ear to ear.

Vanessa turns to Caleb’s brother, Simon, for help, and begins to find herself drawn to him. As the pair try to understand the sudden rash of creepy drownings, Vanessa uncovers a secret that threatens her new romance—and will change her life forever.

A seductive paranormal romance full of unexpected twists, Siren is certain to make a big summer splash.



Which one of your novels did you enjoy writing the most and why?

I enjoyed writing all my novels, but Siren was particularly fun because I’d never written anything like it before. My Maggie Bean books were inspired by some of my own childhood experiences so were very much grounded in reality; Siren, on the other hand, was a great, occasionally tough exercise for my imagination!

Have you noticed your 'writer's voice' changing throughout your writing career?

My “writer’s voice” certainly expanded while writing Siren...but I don’t think it’s necessarily changed. I still love switching gears and spending time with ‘tween characters, and depending on the project, that voice still comes fairly naturally.

Describe Siren in three words.

Spooky, seductive, mysterious.

What books are in your summer reading pile?

The Hunger Games trilogy! I’ve already read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, but I’ll be rereading them in preparation for Mockingjay.

The cover for Siren is beautiful! Was it the original cover or did it change through the publication process?

I’m so glad you like the cover! I do, too. And it’s very close to the original design. Egmont had the idea for a pretty girl with silvery eyes the day they bought the book; there were a few options as far as title font, but everything else stayed the same.



Thanks so much Tricia for stopping by! Check out the next stop on the tour tomorrow at Musings of a Reader Happy!