The Proust Questionnaire – Winter 2014 Series, Week 1 – Shannon Stacey

The Kowalski series by NYT bestselling author Shannon Stacey represents the very best of small town contemporary romance: believable, recognizable characters that are anything but ordinary, and story lines that readers can identify with and get swept up in a wonderful fantasy at the same time. And the best part? There are already seven books out for you to glom, and two more coming this year.

It is an absolute pleasure to welcome Shannon to my blog for Zoe Qs.

What is your favorite word?

Wicked. It’s not only a wicked awesome word but, sinc e my family’s been in New England since a few ships after the Mayflower, I don’t know how to communicate without it.

What turns you on?

A guy with a sense of humor and an easy smile (but maybe a firm hand) who hates the Yankees, Jets and Canadiens.

What turns you off?

People who talk over me in an argument. If the only way you can win is by not letting me talk, y ou lose. Plus, I want to kneecap you.

If you had to choose one word to describe yourself, what would it b e?

High-strung.

If you could live anywhere in the world, other than your home town, where would you be right now?

There are a lot of places I’d like to visit temporarily, b ut you couldn’t pay me to move out of New Hampshire. (Well, you probably could, but there would be multiple commas on the check.)

What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

I’ve always wanted to be a singer or a watercolor artist. As for actually attempting them, I can n either sing nor paint, so nobody wants that.

What profession would you not like to do?

Math tea cher. Trust me, nobody wants that, either.

What was the last thing you had to eat and drink?

No matter when this is read, there’s a 99.5% chance th e correct answer is M&Ms and iced coffee.

If you died, and came back as a person or thing, who or what would you be?

Hopefully, I’ll come back as a honey badger. I’m cursed with a need to please people in this life (which I suck at), so I’d like to not care in the next.

What is your favourite curse word?

That would be the F-bomb. I try to channel Battlestar Galactica and replace it with frak or frakking so m y husband can take me out in public, but it never fucking sticks.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shannon Stacey lives with her husband and two sons in New England, where her favorite activities are writing romance and really random tweets when she’s not riding her ATV. She loves mud, books, knitting, football & watching way too much TV. She keeps an (almost) daily blog on her website, shannonstacey.com, and can be found on Facebook, but she’s most often spotted running amok on Twitter @shannonstacey. The next book in her Kowalski series, Taken With You, releases on March 25 th.

Next week in the Zoe Q spotlight: Inez Kelley!

And have you checked out the Fall 2013 series of Zoe Qs, with Victoria Dahl, Noelle Adams, Pamela Clare and Rosanna Leo?

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