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Michelle Larks, author of The Legacies
(Urban Books/Kensington)
The Legacies is a tale of two young people from very diverse backgrounds who meet and fall in love while attending college. Noah Stephens is a minister’s son, and Morgan is the daughter of a drug distributor. The two encounter many bumps in the road as deathbed promises, secrets, and betrayal tear at the very foundation of their relationship. God has love for all of his children regardless of our stations in life. He sends angels to Noah and Morgan that help direct them to the path to righteousness.
Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write The Legacies?
Michelle Larks: Actually, the idea to write The Legacies just popped into my head. I wanted to write a novel that would appeal to a younger audience. My novel Keeping Misery Company was aimed at an older market, thus The Legacies was born.
JP: What sets The Legacies apart from other novels in Christian Fiction?
ML: The Legacies is different from other Christian fiction novels because it delves into controversial subject matter: a relationship between a minister’s and drug dealer’s children. Can they co-exist and fall in love? Can the relationship remain strong despite a lot of adversity?
JP: The Legacies is similar to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. What has been your reader’s response to you mixing a family steeped in drugs with a family steeped in religion?
ML: My reader’s response has been good for the most part. One of the points I was trying to make in the book is that we are all God’s children regardless to how we began life. I also wanted to exemplify how life doesn’t also goes as our parents plan.
JP: As an author, what is your writing process? How long did it take for you to start and finish The Legacies?
ML: My writing process is just let the thoughts flow, literally. I am an early bird, so I tend to write early in the morning on my trusty laptop computer. I will start with an idea, and ways to enhance the storyline just pop into my head. It took me three months to write The Legacies.
JP: What’s next for Michelle Larks?
ML: As you can tell from The Legacies, I don’t shy from controversial topics. My next book, Til Debt Do Us Part, is the story of the lead soprano of a church who battles a gambling addiction and how that hobby nearly ruins her life.
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