So I wanted to explore the depths and secrets of friendship. I also wrote about best friends because of my experiences finding out that I didn't know some serious things going on with my best friend when we were kids. I enjoyed the romantic out of body scenes and hopes readers do, too. But darker plots emerged in the form of a charming body-thief named Gabe who recites poetry and died for love (literally) centuries ago. LJS: Originally it was going to be called DEAD GIRL DATING and I had plans to focus on finding romance for her best friend. While trying to solve this mystery, Amber is romanced by a Dark Lifer who wants her body and soul.ĪB: Pretty cool! How did you get the inspiration for it? She discovers that her best friend has family secrets that involve graveyards and seeking something that's lost. High school senior, Amber Borden, literally becomes her own best friend when she body-swaps into her best friend's body. LJS: This is the 3rd book in my DEAD GIRL trilogy with Flux.

I'm also an animal lover and have cats, dogs and horses. I enjoy spending time with my family and traveling for writing events where I'm often a speaker. I have a supportive, wonderful husband who built my second-story office and also a home library for my girl series book collection. I didn't sell then but by the time I was 30 I'd made my first book sale a chapter book called ALMOST TWINS. LJS: I started writing young and with my father's help submitted short stories to a teen magazine at age 14. Today I'm chatting with author Linda Joy Singleton, author of THE SEER series and the DEAD GIRL trilogy, both from Flux. I'm still out on maternity leave, so I'm continuing to post interviews of YA authors.

Buried by Linda Joy Singleton