10 Questions with Writer Frederick Lee Brooke (@frederickbrooke)
This Author Spotlight features novelist Frederick Lee Brooke, author of ZOMBIE CANDY. Born and raised in the Chicago area, Frederick Lee Brooke graduated from Amherst College and studied writing at the University of Montana. He has worked as an English teacher, language school manager and small business owner. Having lived in Germany, France and Switzerland, he has also travelled extensively in Tuscany, the setting of part of Zombie Candy . The first book in the Annie Ogden series, Doing Max Vinyl, appeared in 2011 to wide acclaim. 1. How did you get into writing? Through reading -- I always loved reading so much, and then I started writing my own stories. On long car rides my sister and I would write stories and then read each other's work. Our parents were happy if we were quiet, I guess. 2. What do you like best (or least) about writing? The Turkish author of Snow and My Name is Red, Orhan Pamuk, said that to write fiction is to take a jo