Today we sit down with mystery/suspense author, V.S. Anderson. She is going to share a bit about her inspiration and work. Please enjoy this edition of 20 Questions.

Q1) When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?

I suspect I didn’t start thinking about “being a writer” so much as I just always wanted to put things into writing. I got a lot of praise for being able to write well, and i found the process of creating language emotionally fulfilling–in ways that I suspect most people who write compulsively, as I do, understand. The agent I had back in the ’90s once lamented the amazing number of books on bookstore shelves and said, “It just amazes me that people continue to write with so much competition.” Then she looked at me and said, “But you just can’t help it, can you?” That’s the source of the…