By Ian Acheson
It’s my absolute pleasure to
share with the ACW community my (virtual) chat with Lisa Harris. Lisa is a
friend to a number of us and especially to those who participate in the ICFW
community. Lisa is a multi-award winning romantic suspense author and as you’ll
see in her bio she has over thirty novels and novella collections in print.
Wow! What an achievement, Lisa.
I’ve read a couple of Lisa’s
more recent novels and loved them. Her latest, Missing, the second in the Nikki
Boyd Files, has recently released and I posed a few questions to Lisa which
she was kind enough in her busy schedule to respond to.
Without further ado please
give a hearty Down Under welcome to Lisa.
ACW: Perhaps tell us a little about yourself in a few sentences.
Lisa: I’m a wife, mom, follower of Christ, and a writer living in
southern Africa. I love travel, photography and especially hanging out with my
family (when they’re not scattered over the world!)
ACW: What led you to write Christian fiction?
Lisa: I love to read, but I don’t like all the bad language and
steamy scenes. So when I decided to start writing, it made sense for me to
write what I love reading.
ACW: Outline your journey so far.
Lisa: I definitely look at this writing career as a journey. It’s
been full of ups and downs, highs and lows, and yes, a lot of rejections. I’m
so thankful to have had the chance to start writing for Barbour more than a
decade ago. The editors and authors I was blessed to work with taught me so
much as a newbie to the business. Since then I’ve found what I love writing
most—romantic suspense. I’m currently writing my third suspense series, (first
with Zondervan, and now for Revell), plus Love Inspired Suspense is letting me
write books set all over the world—I’m writing one set in Italy right now—which
I’m loving. So while I continue writing and learning, I’ll do my best to enjoy
the journey.
ACW: You have two series running in parallel. Tell us a little about
both.
Lisa: The Nikki Boyd Files are set in Tennessee and focus around the
life of Nikki Boyd. She works on a missing task force, and her cases are alway
person because her own sister went missing just over a decade ago. The series
is fast-paced, edge of your seat, with a bit of romance thrown in there
(because you can’t have a book without a good romance!)
The other series I’m writing is my Danger Abroad series (I’m not
sure if that will be the official series name, but I like the title). These are
shorter books published with Love Inspired Suspense and so far will be set in
the Sahara, Italy, Amsterdam, and Brazil. The first one will come out early
next year.
ACW: Missing, Number 2 in the Nikki Boyd Files, has just released.
Tell us what you’d like the reader to take away from it.
Lisa: I’ve had so much fun with this series, I think mainly because
I’ve been able to delve deep into Nikki’s life and her character over a span of
several books. In this book, Nikki has to deal with not only a missing person,
but also a counterfeit drug ring as she faces off with a killer who will stop
at nothing to silence anyone who threatens his business.
ACW: Your missionary work. I'd love for you to share a little about
it.
Lisa: About twelve in a half years ago we moved to South Africa with
three little kids and a strong calling from God. We now live in Mozambique
where we are involved in church planting and discipleship training in an
unreached people group. We also run a small non-profit—The ECHO Project—that
helps with some of the physical needs of the people around us. It’s been
another journey full of ups and downs, but we’re exactly where we believe God
wants us to be.
Thanks so much for letting me drop by the blog!!!
Giveaway
I so enjoyed Vendetta, the
first instalment of the Nikki Boyd Files that I’d love to share a copy of it
with one member of our community. In addition, we’ll throw in a copy of the just
released, Missing. Simply comment on the post below leaving an email address
that I can notify you if you’ve been successfully selected.
I’d encourage you to follow
Lisa’s journey where you can see both her writing adventures and the powerful
impact her family is having in Mozambique.
Where you can find Lisa online:
Lisa’s Bio
LISA HARRIS is a Christy Award finalist for Blood Ransom (2010) and
Vendetta (2016), Christy Award winner for Dangerous Passage, and the winner of
the Best Inspirational Suspense Novel for Blood Covenant (2011) and Vendetta
(2016) from Romantic Times. She has over thirty novels and novella collections
in print. She and her family have spent over twelve years working as
missionaries in Africa. When she's not working she loves hanging out with her
family, cooking different ethnic dishes, photography, and heading into the
African bush on safari. For more information about her books and life in Africa
visit her website at www.lisaharriswrites.com
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Vendetta and Missing. The drawing will take place on Thursday 4
August 2016 and the winner announced on that date in a comment on this post.
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