Chinaberry Interviews Author Staton Rabin
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Each of us here at Chinaberry has his/her own personal favorite authors. Staton Rabin is one of my top three. Several years ago, I had the great pleasure of meeting her in person at a Starbucks in NYC when she was in the final phase of writing The Curse of the Romanovs. I had intended to ask her some questions that I could share with our customers, but I became so mesmerized listening to her talk about the Romanov story that I didn’t want to break the spell. That’s the kind of storyteller Rabin is – spellbinding! Now that we’ve got our blog up and running, I decided to email her with a few questions. Perhaps not as much fun as chatting with her in Starbucks, but you can’t beat your computer for convenience. I’m very pleased to introduce to you Staton Rabin!
We’re currently carrying two of her books (which she so generously autographed!): Black Powder and The Curse of the Romanovs.
Janet: When did you first decide to make a living as a writer? And, as a child, did you ever dream of becoming a writer? If not, what DID you dream of becoming?
Staton: When I was growing up, writing was the family business — my parents and my older brother were all writers. I suppose if I’d come from a family of plumbers, I would have grown up to be a plumber. But when I was a kid, what I really dreamed of doing someday was becoming a U.S. Senator — or a magician. I still know a couple of good “tricks,” but I never did run for the Senate.
Janet: So many of your books revolve around time travel. If you could travel back in time, where would you go? (more…)
