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Five Things You Didn’t Know About Author Cilla McCain

Five Things You Didn’t Know About Cilla McCain

*I’m one of those weird people who prefers to do my dishes by hand. That’s because I get my best ideas while cleaning house.

*I often think out loud and pace back and forth when I’m pulling a scene or paragraph together for the final time. If someone were to secretly videotape me I would probably look completely crazy!

*I learned last summer that I actually like to go fishing. I finally get what people see in it! It can be very soothing. But I doubt that I will ever have the nerve to bait my own hook. ICK!  I also love classic car shows and can spend hours watching the Barrett-Jackson auctions.

*People who meet me don’t realize how truly shy I am. When I was very young, it was almost painful for me to interact with new people. As I’ve gotten older I’ve developed a method for dealing with it and can almost appear to be outgoing. It helped me a lot during the research for Murder In Baker Company because I had to deal one on one with the toughest soldiers you can imagine!

*When I get mad, I curse like a drunken sailor who had to spend his leave in jail. I don’t know where it comes from! I was raised to be the stereotypical southern lady and most of the time that description fits. But when I get ticked off it is a whole other deal. I write better at those times too, so maybe it’s a good thing.

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Cilla McCain comes from a large army family and grew up on various army bases until her family settled outside Fort Benning, Georgia. She lives in the Georgia mountains and writes fulltime, focusing on issues dealing with social justice