Ask the Author: Jaime Allison Parker
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Jaime Allison Parker
The radiation sickness was spreading everywhere. Soon, they would have no survivors left to eat.
Jaime Allison Parker
I generally pick a mundane setting, based on the image of a memory or painting, and begin describing it. Usually, a picture emerges and then a back story for the setting. For instance, I once remember seeing a man in a train station, smoking a cigarette. His shoes were worn out, and his face unshaven. I begin typing about him. It occurred to me he was on the run from the law, or maybe he was trying to see a girl one last time before being captured and sent to prison. Thus, I had another tale to write.
Jaime Allison Parker
I wrote my first short story at the age of 12. It was handwritten in a notebook from school. I grew up in the tiny rural areas of the Mississippi Delta, a bit of a loner, that was always fascinated by folklore and mythology from a young age. I spent a lot of time in the town's small library. I was quiet and bookish. I have been writing for a number of years, but never could get together an entire book. The Delta Highway was a labor of love and lasted several years before its completion. The original tale is nearly unrecognizable from the one I published.
Jaime Allison Parker
I have just released a new book, Justice of the Fox. A radical departure from previous books. There are elements of the supernatural in place. Mainly, this is the tale of a teenage girl coping with alienation and the murder of her best friend in a small town, where she finds herself a suspect.
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