In the lead-up to ARR2024 in March 2024 we will be spotlighting the authors who will be signing. In the spotlight today we have Stella Quinn . Stella will be signing in Brisbane.
Who was the first romance author to catch your interest?
Georgette Heyer
How long have you been reading romance?
Since age 14 or so
What genres do you write?
I write rural fiction with romance, plus I have plans to write in cosy crime and historical.
What his your favourite part of creating a story?
Favourite part of creating a story is the characters!
Tell us about your latest release:
A Home Among the Snow Gums. Hannah Cody grew up sunny, carefree and loved in the Snowy Mountains town of Hanrahan, but a vicious prank at university in Sydney changed that. Instead of studying medicine, she moved to a small regional centre, switched to veterinary science and swore off romance for life. Ten quiet years later, she’s settled. She’s safe. And yeah, she hasn’t left Hanrahan in years, but that’s not agoraphobia is it? It’s not hiding if you’re happy. After many years abroad as a naval analyst, Tom Krauss is drawn home by his estranged father’s deteriorating health and his own secret injury. But as soon as he sets eyes on Hannah again, he realises that he’s never forgotten the engaging little sister of his best friend. He loved her when he was a teenager, and now he knows he never stopped. Problem: romance is a no-go. There’s a piece of shrapnel wedged against his spine, and the countdown is on for him to make a surgical decision that could free him from pain … or paralyse him. But the Hanrahan townsfolk have other ideas: it’s time for Hannah to work out that living with your heart wide open is worth the risk, and it’s time for Tom to learn that love is messy and wonderful and necessary. Change is afoot in this small town, and these two will have to work out if they can be brave enough to make changes too…
What else are you working on at the moment?
I’ve just signed another two-book contract with Harper Collins, so I’m also working on those. One book will be a continuation of the Hanrahan world, first written about in The Vet from Snowy River , and again in A Home Among the Snow Gums . It’s untitled as yet, but it will be Kylie’s story (she is Hannah’s best friend—a mechanic who used to be a beautician—and I’m super excited about the guy I have dreamt up for her lol). The other book is so far just a twinkle in my eye, so if you’ve got any good ideas, please stop by and tell me! I know it’ll be set in northern New South Wales, and I know there’ll be a middle-aged group of ladies running a tennis club who’ll be calling the shots, but that’s as far as I’ve got.
Stella’s latest releases:
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