Natasha asked Lisa Ann Verge:

Hello. I loved Twice Upon a Time and (after reading a few years ago) Gaelic culture. I am surprised at how you're a chemist too. Where I come from (Hong Kong), science is an extremely honourable and stable career, whereas writing is not so much of one as it's a rocky path. So I'd like to ask: why did you switch from your former occupation to writing, and do you like writing about Irish mythology in particular?

Lisa Ann Verge Hi Natasha! Thanks so much for your question. The short answer is that I chased a dream! While I worked as a chemist I had already published three novels with a Big 5 publisher in New York, but there's an old saying--you can't sit in two chairs at the same time. Eventually, I had to choose one career or the other. I chose writing because bringing stories to life makes me happy. It's what I believe I was born to do.

As for Irish mythology...I'm not sure why I'm so drawn to it. Because I grew up in a largely Irish American neighborhood? Because I married an Irish American myself? That's part of the magic of storytelling... it's a wonderful mystery.

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