Getting to know Francine Craft… 

Have you always wanted to be a writer?

At 6, I wrote a poem about the Lindbergh kidnapping that my grandfather never believed I wrote, which hurt me.  I wrote spasmodically when younger, published a story of possessiveness to a white confession mag, but was childishly disappointed when they changed the color of my character’s hair.  There was another disappointment when a new black publisher accepted my first romance and held it for 19 months with promises to publish.  In 1994, I withdrew the novel and offered to Kensington which bought it and a historical.  I’ve been going strong since then.

How did you get started writing? 

As I said above, that lineup, and with my first book, Devoted, I caught fire.  I’ll be writing, hopefully, just before they put my ashes on the wind. (I want to be cremated.)

Do you remember the very first story you ever wrote?  What age were you when you wrote it?  Was it romance even then?

My first efforts were poetry, then the confession, one or two other confessions, then not until 1994 did  I really get started with the romance field.  But I’ve always loved and read romances, sneaking confessions under my pillow and reading by flashlight. 

About the Book   

DYING ON THE EDGE

A Multicultural,  Multilayered Romantic Voodoo Mystery) – Click here to view the book trailer

 SHE WAS LOOKING FOR  A WAY BACK INTO HIS HEART! 

Film star Maggi French is on top of her game, and she wants billionaire real estate mogul Kurt Wilder for herself, even though he’s married and has a child.  He owns Wilder Film Studios, and Maggi’s drive for power demands she have him as her husband.  She’ll go to any lengths to get him, including voodoo.  Maggi lives on the edge of an emotional precipice.  Will her hunger for Kurt provide the thrust that pushes her over?

 WAS HE LOOKING FOR A DEADLY WAY OUT? 

Kurt Wilder has romanced many women and his wife knows all about them.  Once he thought he’d divorce his wife and marry Maggi.  Now he’s drifting and she’s clinging.  Has he figured out a way to be free of her forever?

 About the author

Francine is a long-time, prolific, bestselling multicultural romance and romantic suspense writer for publishers such as Harlequin, BET and Kensington.  Her slogan is: Books that Warm the Heart the and Enrich the Soul.  She is also popular on the international front, especially in the UK, and gets treasured fan mail from readers in the United States and worldwide.  Several of her books have been translated and Harlequin distributed five as Introductory Books.  She feels that nobody values their fellow humans more than she does, but adds that they can be trying sometimes which doesn’t keep her from loving them. 

With DYING ON THE EDGE, Francine has written and self-published a romantic voodoo mystery with Wheatmark Publishing and her own imprint of Craft’s New America Press.  Edge is well researched, written, edited and proofed.  A lot of people who’ve read advance copies have loved it and she hopes you will too. 

Leave a comment and be entered to win a wonderful Harry & David tower of treats courtesy of Francine!  Winner will be randomly chosen by the author and announced on the last day of the tour.

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