20 Questions with Author Rangeley Wallace

  1. Favorite activity when you’re not writing? Getting outside: walking, biking, and swimming, and, of course, reading.
  2. Favorite authors? Too many to name, but John Updike, Walker Percy, Michael Chabon, Barbara Kingsolver are high on my list.
  3. Favorite books? To Kill a MockingbirdBig Fish (by my brother), The MoviegoerWonder Boys.
  4. Kindle or Nook? Kindle
  5. iPhone or BlackBerry? iPhone
  6. Marilee is a confident law professional in a
    small Southern town that her family has
    occupied for generations, and is leading a
    charmed life until, pregnant with their second
    child, she faces an absent husband and
    loses a coveted job that would have given
    her financial stability. Now she's finding
    that everything she believed to be solid in
    her life is sliding away at the same time,
    placing her on a roller-coaster ride that will
    challenge her beliefs, assumptions,
    and comfortable life.
  7. Favorite song right now? Stubborn Love by the Lumineers (which also is in the running for the title of my next book!
  8. Coke or Pepsi? (Diet) Coke
  9. Your most overused word or phrase? Seriously (according to my husband and children who mock me whenever I say it.) 
  10. Coffee or tea? Coffee
  11. Celebrity crush?  Edward Burns
  12. Movie you saw recently? I watched The Big Chill again (after many years, still a great movie).
  13. Favorite television show right now? Nashville 
  14. Ice cream or frozen yogurt? Ice cream
  15. Flats or heels? Flats
  16. Facebook or Twitter? Twitter
  17. Call or text message? Text
  18. Favorite snack food? Trail mix with M&Ms
  19. Your hidden talent? I can still do the splits. 
  20. Your biggest pet peeve? People who don’t write thank you notes after I send a gift (even an e-mail).
  21. Comment heard most often from your readers? That the book kept them reading late into the night (which I love to hear!)
Thanks, Rangeley!