Francisca Bullock is an aspiring Canadian author with a keen interest in murder and mystery. Though she once strayed into the bubbly waters of Rom-Coms, her long murder-mystery-loving bloodline pulled her back into the shadows of the whodunit world. An accounting graduate and an international finance professional, she lives in Sherbrooke, Quebec, with her three grown sons, three furtive felines, and her most trusted accomplice: her husband.
1. Who is your favourite Canadian author (live or dead, doesn’t have to be mystery)?
It’s difficult to have a favourite! There are so many good ones! Margeret Atwood, Sheri Lapena, Louise Penny, Maureen Jennings, Mordecai Richler, and I really want to start reading Chris Hadfield’s mysteries in space. It’s why I need 32 hours in a day.
2. What is your favourite book?
The books —and I read hundreds so I may have forgotten a few— that I had a hard time putting down were: Louise Penny’s Bury Your Dead; A.J. Finn’s The Woman In The Window; Ruth Ware’s The Death of Mrs. Westaway.
3. What is your favourite movie?
When I want to escape, I watch Pirates Of the Caribbeans, or any of the recent James Bond movies, even the last one!
4. Who was the best James Bond?
Oh, well that is Daniel Craig! Those blue eyes!
5. If you could move to any province (or specific city in Canada) where would you live?
Newfoundland to watch the icebergs go by.
6. What part of the writing process do you enjoy the most?
I see editing as the dessert to an excellent four-course meal.
7. Has a real person ever inspired you to kill them (in your book)?
Oh Yes! And for that reason, I cannot name them 😉
8. On average, how long do you write in a day?
Not long enough. I need 32-hour days to get everything done.
9. Do you have any unfinished manuscripts in your drawer/computer?
No, only unpublished (for now) I usually get things done, even if it takes longer than planned.
10. What is your goal as a writer?
To be published so that my book takes the reader to another place for just a little while!