The Allegiance Blog Tour: Interview of Sarah Addison-Fox

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Today I’d like to introduce you to author Sarah Addison-Fox and her very sparkly dystopian book Disowned! 

[image error]Sarah, tell us a bit about yourself.

Well, I’m from New Zealand, I’m really silly a lot of the time. I love reading, and I’m a shameless fangirl when it comes to my favourite books. I have a wonderful husband who I met when I was 13 and I have two smashing children who we home-school. I write Christian Fantasy, usually chocka block with romance, action, and adventure. I tend to focus more on the characters, and the action than the world building and any magic I write into my stories all stems from my own views on God being our Creator.

What first made you decide you wanted to be an author?

I always wanted to be an author. From the time I was a little girl writing stories about princesses, to my late twenties and thirties when I studied writing and earned a Diploma in Fiction writing. I spent a long period of time thinking I wanted to write Romantic Intrigue.

It wasn’t until I was looking for faith building books for my daughter to read, that I stumbled onto Donita K Paul’s series. I loved how she wove faith into the story without it being too heavy handed, and of course the dragons were pretty cool! After that I searched out more like it, building a library of Young Adult books that my daughter could read when she was older. $1000 books later (postage to NZ is a killer) I found that not only did I like Fantasy but that I actually preferred it over other genres.

I spent about a year binge reading, then I got my Kindle as a gift, and discovered Tricia Mingerink’s Blades of Acktar series. That one series struck a cord, and made me start wishing I could write again. I kept reading everything I could find, but it wasn’t until I was diagnosed with MS, and for a week lost the use of my arm, that I realised time was short, and that I was being called to write. After that I fully committed to finishing a novel.

If someone had told me at the beginning of the year that I would publish my first novel Disowned, and go on to write seven more books before the year was out, I probably would have laughed in their face!

[image error]Would you tell us a little bit about the Allegiance series in general and Disowned in particular?

Disowned is the story of a slave girl, caught in the class system of her country. Even though her family have thrown her away, and she has spent her entire life thinking she is worthless, somewhere inside she still wants to find a better life and find a chance for freedom. The Allegiance series encompasses the trials Celeste and the Haynes family go through. In Dissemble I introduce two new characters who like Celeste are damaged by their pasts, and are seeking to find a life apart from what they’ve been dealt.

In essence the entire series could be summed up in three words. Freedom through faith.



What is your favorite aspect of the ordinary life God has blessed you with?

Every single day I can sit at the computer and write is a blessing to me. I keep saying I am living my God given dream. And I really am. Life is so short, and so fleeting. Writing infuses me with passion and stops me from dwelling on what might happen with my health. Writing and losing myself in my fantasy worlds for a few hours each day, makes me a better wife, a better mother and it helps me to reach out to the world and to hopefully be a blessing to others.

Any plans for further projects?

I’ve written two complete series now, and am currently writing the second book in a third series. The Allegiance series will be published first, with Dissemble set to publish early February. I’m aiming to publish the remaining Allegiance books every three to four months (depending on whether my beta readers are available!) then I’ll be publishing a more traditional fantasy series, set in a rainforest, with renegades, prophecies, legends and a few magical elements. I also intend to publish the series I’m working on right now, which is set in a plague ravaged country, with a corrupt King, mercenaries for hire, and superstitious warriors.

So, quite a few things on the horizon for this old Kiwi gal!

Thanks so much for having me Kate!

Connect with Sarah Addison Fox on her website, Instagram, Facebook, Goodreads, and Twitter. Buy the book on Amazon.