Interview Mariah LeGrand

by

Tamia Dawn Osburn

1) Can you tell us a little about your book, The Gypsy Witch?

The Gypsy Witch is about Danielle Rochette escaping religious persecution from France in a barrel on a ship, only to be captured by Privateer Scott Dominion.

2) Can you tell us a little about your main characters?

Danielle has learned to do everything a man would have got to learn. Shooting, Fencing, riding astride. Lucky for her it will all come in handy on her adventures. Scott, a bastard son of a Frenchman has grown to hate the French until a beautiful woman appears on his ship in a barrel with a French accent. He may have to change his way of thinking.

3) Why did you choose France as the background instead of England?

My uncle had our genealogy traced and one of my ancestors really did hide in a barrel to escape France. I just thought what if?

4) What made you decide to write romance books?

I have always loved romance books for as long back as I can remember. The old nurse romance books, or Barbara Cartland. I have read other books but always came back to romance when I wanted a relaxing read and good ending.

5) Who's your inspiration when writing about the men as your characters?

I would have to say Kathleen Woodiwiss. She always wrote a hero that was nice. I hate the heros that have no heart.

6) Does home life interfere with your writing?

It did when my children still lived at home, but now I have the freedom to write whenever I would like.

7) Can you tell us a little more about your writing? Are we prepared for more of your gypsies?

The Gypsy Witch is not really about gypsies. It is a nickname he calls her.

8) Have you written anything else besides historical?

Yes. I have written a few contemporary Harlequin types but they rest in the drawer where they belong. Ha!

9) Do you write under other names besides Mariah Legrand?

NO.

10) What are your plans for the future?

I have a new contemporary and another Scottish historical in the works. Hope to get them

done before too long.