 Welcome to Matter of Inquiry! Our guest author this week is Kelly Brakenhoff, featuring her cozy mystery Death 101: Extra Credit, the fourth book in her Cassandra Sato series. Before we get into the questions, Kelly, please tell readers something about yourself.  About the Author: Kelly Brakenhoff is an author of ten books and an ASL interpreter. She divides her writing energy between two series: cozy mysteries set on a college campus and picture books featuring Duke the Deaf Dog. Parents, kids, and teachers love the children's books and activity books because they teach American Sign Language using fun stories. And if you like a smart female sleuth, want to learn more about Deaf culture, or have ever lived in a place where livestock outnumber people, you'll enjoy the Cassandra Sato Mystery series. The mother of four young adults and a hunting dog, and grandma to a growing brood of perfectly behaved grandkids, Kelly and her husband call Nebraska home. Something unique/unusual that isn’t in your regular bio. “I just started learning how to play pickleball. I’m not good at tennis or ping pong, so we’ll see how this goes.” Author Contacts: Email: kelly@kellybrakenhoff.com Website: https://kellybrakenhoff.com/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/kellybrakenhoffauthor Twitter: https://twitter.com/inBrakenVille Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kelly_inbrakenville/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@kellybrakenhoff TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kellybrakauthor INTERVIEW: JLB: What inspired your featured book or series? KB: Hmm, let's see...Does being stabbed in the chest with a foil count as inspiration? Just kidding...yet, it totally does! I actually took a fencing lesson from a champion fencer who also happened to be an actor in a local Three Musketeers production. We had such a great time, and to no one’s surprise, fencing is way harder than it looks! Which is why I included it in the book - but not before experiencing it firsthand! Another inspirational experience for my book was interpreting a college course called 'Death and Dying'. It was quite interesting; undergraduates learned everything there is to know about death and dying, visited mortuaries, even planned out their own funerals! It was an enlightening experience rather than morbid, and it certainly gave me interesting ideas to include in my book! JLB: Do people you know sneak into your books as characters? KB: Absolutely! Well, not in any way they'd recognize. With every character I create, I'm definitely pulling inspiration from people I know. Of course, there's still that list (don't worry it's not written down anywhere!) of people who've ticked me off and have to pay the ultimate price, and those lucky few become villains and victims in my stories! JLB: Have you killed off a recurring character? If not, would you do so? KB: Sure did! In Dead of Winter Break and my upcoming novella, Halloween Hustle, there were two characters who had to bite the dust. It wasn't easy goodbye-ing those characters the first time, but once I got over it, it became kind of fun to decide which poor soul had to go next. Thankfully though, neither of them were particularly nice people in the first place, so I guess that made things a bit easier on me! JLB: What book or movie character would you like to be? Why? KB: I'd have to choose Claire Fraser from Outlander. She got to do so many amazing and daring things, and she also got to travel through time - which is pretty sweet. Plus, Jamie Fraser is for sure one of the greatest book/tv loves ever - swoon! JLB: What is your next writing project? Anticipated release date? KB: I'm excited to unleash my novella Halloween Hustle into the world on September 28th, and afterwards I'll be throwing myself into the next Cassandra Sato mystery which will involve her taking a group of students away on a Study Abroad style vacation - Hawaii, here we come! JLB: Which of the trivia questions did you select to answer? KB:
JLB: Thanks for being on the blog this week, Kelly. Before we finish, please show us your featured book.  Death 101: Extra Credit (A Cassandra Sato Mystery Book4) Genre: Cozy Mystery Failure is not an option. At Morton College, learning comes with a hefty price. The search committee tasked with hiring a new president is on the brink of chaos. A student production of The Three Musketeers devolves into a bloody sword fight. Join Cassandra Sato and the students in a Death 101 course as they put their detective skills to the test. Unraveling the tangled web of secrets and lies, they must act quickly as the college's very future hangs in the balance. Buy links: Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/194943755-death-101 Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/death-101-extra-credit-a-cassandra-sato-mystery-book-4-by-kelly-brakenhoff Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CBNDYGVH To read an excerpt from this book, |
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