72 www.CharlestonWomenPodcast.com | www.ReadCW.com | www.Instagram.com/CharlestonWomen You’ve become the Lowcountry’s queen of suspense. You have a national following. How does that feel? It feels wonderful knowing there are people out there reading and enjoying my stories. I still remember writing “A Flicker in the Dark” years before I had an agent or book deal and assuming nobody, but my family would ever read it. Now, every time I see one of my books in a bookstore or I see how many people take the time to show up to one of my events, I pinch myself. It’s a dream come true. Who was Stacy Willingham before she was Stacy Willingham? I’m still the exact same person as I was before my books were published, I’m just a lot busier now. I love my family more than anything and spend most of my free time with them, my dog and my handful of close friends here in town. I’m also a big reader, of course. Why will readers love your stories? Why do you? The cool thing about writing fiction is that you can invent your perfect book. For me, I love literary thrillers with a heavy dose of psychology, multilayered characters and a good twist or two, so that is what I try to accomplish. I love exploring the morally grey areas in life and I try to make my books thought-provoking. At the end of the day, I just hope they’re entertaining. What do you love about the South? About Charleston? The South is such a unique place. I have fun trying to recreate it on the page. From the way the air feels in the dead of summer, to the smell of the pluff mud at low tide, living in the Lowcounty is a sensory experience, so attempting to bring those things to life in my stories feels like the perfect way to immerse my readers in whatever Queen Suspense of Stacy Willingham spills on spinning yarns The Lowcountry’s Book Nook
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