Ann Chandler

Q: What are you afraid of?

I'm afraid of not having freedom.

Q: When did you last have a really good laugh?

When I heard a child's quote: "My grandma lives at the airport. We just pick her up when we want her to visit, then we take her back again."

Q: What did you want to be when you were a child?

A dancer

Q: What makes you cringe?

words spelled wrong

Q: What is your most treasured possession?

My mother's wedding ring.

Q: What do you do as a hobby?

I write, write, write!

Q: What do you day dream about?

Seeing all the countries on my bucket list

Q: What’s the most outrageous thing you’ve done?

Snuck into a house slated for demolition and salvaged an antique light fixture.

Q: If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be?

My grandmother

Q: What quality do you most admire in a person?

Honesty. And a sense of humour.

Q: What is the most interesting place you have ever visited?

Istanbul, Turkey

Q: What is the best advice anyone has ever given you?

You can do whatever you want, as long as you want to do it badly enough.

Q: What would you most like to change about yourself?

I'd like to be able to convince myself that self-doubt is poison.

Q: What has life taught you?

That there are two things in life that will never let you down: exercise and education.

Q: How long have you been a writer?

Not long enough. I should have started a long time ago.

Q: What are the best and worst things about being an author?

The least fun thing is marketing. The most fun is the writing itself and getting inside the characters.

Q: Where do you get your greatest ideas from?

Characters just come to me and they say and do things, I just put it on paper.

Q: Which of your own characters do you most identify with?

Addy of Kootenay Silver. I grew up in the country, too.

Q: What do you do to combat “writers’ block”?

I work out, go for a swim.

Q: What was your favourite book as a child?

Born Free

Q: What book do you wish you had written?

One of S.E. Hinton's books. They're great!

Q: What advice would you give to aspiring authors?

Never give up.