Judy asked Susan Mallery:

Of all your characters, who is your favorite and why?

Susan Mallery Hi, Judy. This is always a hard question for me to answer because I have so many favorites. One of my favorite heroes of all time is, ironically, in one of my women's fiction novels--Lucas from Sisters Like Us. I just love the creative and truly meaningful ways that he found to take care of Harper. It really showed how thoughtful he is.

Felicia from Two of a Kind is another favorite. In case you haven't read the book... Felicia is a genius, quite literally, but she has social problems. Until she moved to Fool's Gold, she never quite felt like she fit in anywhere, and she desperately wanted those close relationships. I was really nervous before the book came out because she's so quirky, I was worried about how readers would react to her. But readers adored her as much as I did. I worried for nothing.

Right now, I'm working on the next Mischief Bay novels, which will be out in 2019, and I think one of the heroines is destined to become one of my favorite characters. Which is funny, because I actually thought before I started writing that her storyline was going to be one of the secondary plots. But I love her so much that she has become the book's main character. The book doesn't have a title yet, but keep an eye on MischiefBay.com for updates.

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