Stitcher's Square Quilt Block and Quilter Clare O'Donohue, Author of A Drunkard's Path

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This month in the Quilters' Book Club, we're reading A Drunkard's Path by Clare O'Donohue.  It's the second in her Someday Quilts Mystery Series.  We'd love to have you join us.  Grab the book from your local library and start reading!  If you want to read it on your Kindle, click here.   

I found this biographical information on author Clare O'Donohue's website:

"I was born in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest of four children.  My parents are both from Ireland, but they met in London, moved to the US, and settled on Chicago’s South Side, where I was born and raised.

"I always knew I wanted to be a writer and in fact wrote my first novel (mini-novel actually.  It was 60 pages) when I was 15.  It was a mystery.  After college I worked as a newspaper reporter and writing teacher before moving to LA and getting my first job in television.  That was on the HGTV show, Simply Quilts.

"I worked on the show for four seasons, eventually becoming the Supervising Producer, but I’ve written and produced for a lot of other shows as well.  In the last twelve years, I’ve worked on shows for The History Channel, truTV, Food Network, A&E, Discovery, TLC, and others.  My work has taken me all across the US and abroad and I’ve met a diverse group of people – from CEO’s to prison inmates, Malaysian orphans to famous athletes.

"But all along I thought about writing a novel.  I still loved mysteries so I finally sat down to write one.  And lucky for me, I had the time.  There’s a lot of what we in the freelance world like to call downtime, but is more commonly known as unemployment.  Since I wasn’t earning any money, I also had motivation to write something that could catch the interest of a publisher.

"And, luckily, I did.  In 2008, I published The Lover’s Knot, the first in the Someday Quilts series.  Now I’ve added A Drunkard’s Path and The Double Cross, and The Devil’s Puzzle."  Note:  (The fifth in the series, The Double Wedding Ring, was released in September 2013.)

Clare

This Drunkard's Path Quilt was made by Clare O'Donohue.
She's a quilter as well as an author!

Clare O'Donohue has graciously agreed to participate in our discussion and answer any questions you may have.  What would you like to ask Clare?  Inquiring minds want to know!  Please write your questions in the comment section below.  By commenting, you'll be entering to win a copy of A Time for Peace (Quilts of Lancaster County) by Barbara Cameron.  If you are reading this via email, you must click on the title of my blog post to be able to comment and read the comments of others.  The winner will be announced on April 1.

You might also enjoy reading my previous blog post Art Square Quilt Block and the Main Character in A Drunkard's Path.