Interview with Zoë Archer (2012); english
Zoë Archer is the author of the adventure-series about the „Blades of the Rose“, a group of brave fighters who take on the fight against the secret society called Heirs of Albion. (Photo: Copyright Zachary N. DiPego) Thank you for taking the time for this interview. Your books are like a mixture of fantasy and adventure with a romance. How did you think of writing a „Indiana Jones“-like novel? I’d always loved watching adventure films, but felt that the female characters were so poorly depicted. They usually screamed, fainted, and were generally useless and required saving. I also wanted to read romance novels that had that strong adventure elements in them, but never really found any books that satisfied that need. So I decided to address both concerns by writing adventure-filled romance novels, where the heroines were as strong and capable as the heroes. The time and place of your books reminds me of the popular Steampunk-literature. Is this genre one that you like? […]
