Kimberly Rose Johnson Interview

Q: How long have you been writing and what other careers or jobs have you had?
A. I’ve been writing for about twelve years. I taught piano lessons for most of my adult life. When I stopped teaching I took a job at a high school as an AVID tutor where I facilitated small of students. I currently write full time.

Q: Would you tell us about your current book release The Sleuth’s Miscalculation?
A: Sure! The Sleuth’s Miscalculation is a romantic mystery set in fictional Tipton Oregon. There is a mystery that needs to be solved. Though not a murder mystery it feels like a cozy mystery. Here’s the back cover copy.
Two strong-willed sleuths team up to solve a mystery. Can they work together, or will their differences pull them apart?

Librarian Nancy Daley loves a good mystery and enjoys moonlighting as a consultant for the sheriff’s department. When license plates go missing in Tipton County, she’s on the case. This time things are different—she’s been partnered with the new deputy, and he’s not interested in her help. To make matters worse, she’s angered the wrong person and is now being threatened.

Sheriff Deputy Carter Malone expects Tipton, Oregon to be a sleepy small-town, but he miscalculated. He’d come to town for a fresh start with his nephew—one without the issues big cities deal with. Had he made a mistake? To complicate matters, he’s told he must consult with the sheriff’s daughter, who is not in law enforcement. When the minor case they are working morphs into something more, things quickly go from harmless to scary.

Can they solve the mystery before it’s too late, and more importantly, what will they do about their growing attraction?

Q: Where did you get your inspiration for this story?
A: This series was inspired by the Nancy Drew Mystery series. My heroine’s name is Nancy Daley. ?

Q: What is the main thing you hope readers remember from this story?
A: I hope readers have fun reading it. My goal was to entertain while delivering a story that touches a little bit on forgiveness and trusting in the Lord.

Q: How do you choose your settings for your books?
A. The setting is influenced by the plot. For example, this story demanded to be set in a small town. I wrote another story that I felt had to be set in a large city.

Q: Do you base your characters on people you know or are they totally made up?
A: My characters are totally made up.

Q: Would you share with us what you are working on now?
A. I am currently adapting one of my books to a screenplay. When I’m done with that I’ll finish up book two in my Brides of Seattle series, then I will begin the third book in The Librarian Sleuth Series—I can’t wait to get back to writing this series. It was so much fun writing the first and second books!

Q: If money were no object what vacation would you like to take and why?
A. I would travel Europe for at least a month. There are so many places I want to see there. I would want to go on a river cruise on both the Danube and the Rhine rivers.

Q: What is the silliest thing you have ever done?
A. Well, I sang happy birthday to my niece’s fish today. I’m fish-sitting and she asked me to sing to him on his birthday.

Q: What is the hardest thing you have ever done?
A. Give birth to my boys and second would be giving birth to a few of my books.