Q&A with Publishers Weekly

Happy Monday! Today doesn't just bring the start of a new work week – I have an "in-between" book that's been poking at me for a while, and now I'm poking back – but it also ends the much anticipated "Viva" weekend: the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender.

As you can see, I had a great time *koff* "researching" the rockabilly lifestyle, and I'll have pictures for you tomorrow, but today I have some more great – and timely – linkage.

Publishers Weekly has run a Q&A about THE TAKEN, including info on how my rockabilly reporter, Kit Craig, and my busted angel/50′s P.I. team came to be.

THE TAKEN also gets some nice airtime in PW's feature article, The New (Para)Normal. The article's focus is actually horror, but as befitting the paranormal genre, it lists a broad range of subgenres and authors. Of my new supernatural noir trilogy, it says:

Originality, a rare commodity in such a frequently tapped genre, is also a hallmark of Vicki Pettersson, whose The Taken (Harper Voyager, June) inaugurates her Celestial Blues series … Diana Gill, executive editor for Harper Voyager, noted that the book "appeals to both the supernatural and mystery audiences…"

You can read the whole of the article online if you're a subscriber, but if you love paranormal fiction it's certainly worth making a trip to the bookstore to pick up a hard copy too.

As for my Q&A, here's my talk with Publishers Weekly. I'm thrilled to finally be able to speak so opening about Griffin Shaw and Kit Craig — I can't wait for you to meet them!