This is for all you historical fiction fans — Terrie Todd’s the real deal. She writes it. She reads it. She’s here today to tell us about some of her favorite books and her newest release!

Thank you so much for being here! Let’s start at the beginning: what was your favorite chapter book as a kid?
In second grade, our teacher read to us from Fingerling: Just a Little Man (translated from the original Dutch, “Pinkeltje”) by Dick Laan. The way this little guy, the size of your pinky finger, made his home out of tiny items in nature fascinated me. I loved it so much I took the book home from school and conveniently forgot to return it.

What was the last book you read that you couldn’t put down?
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. I love WWII stories and split-time stories. This one is both. I just had to know which sister’s POV the contemporary portions were told from.

Have you ever had a book recommended to you that you didn’t like? No names, but what didn’t you like about it?
It was about a wife who leaves her husband because she felt taken for granted. He was a good provider and did not abuse her. She lived in a fine house filled with expensive furniture and a closet full of nice clothes. She didn’t have to work. I just couldn’t drum up any compassion for her and wanted to say, “Boo hoo. Grow up.”

If you could have dinner with any fictional character, who would it be?
Any one of my own characters from the 1940s. I’d grill them about every-day details to make sure I’m getting them right in my next story.

What book are you most looking forward to reading next?
The Society of Second Chances by Deborah Raney

Share five books from your TBR (to be read) pile.
Chasing Shadows by Lynn Austin
When Twilight Breaks and Until Leaves Fall in Paris, both by Sarah Sundin
Afraid of the Light by Cynthia Ruchti (you won’t be disappointed!)
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

Rose Among Thornes released on Kindle July 31 and releases everywhere else August 31.

War might be raging overseas, but Rose Onishi is on track to fulfill her lifelong goal of becoming a concert pianist. When forced by her government to leave her beloved home in Vancouver and move to the Canadian prairie to work on the Thornes’ sugar beet farm, her dream fades to match the black dirt staining her callused hands. Though the Thorne family is kind, life is unbearably lonely. In hopes that it might win her the chance to play their piano, Rose agrees to write letters to their soldier son.

When Rusty Thorne joins the Canadian Army, he never imagines becoming a Japanese prisoner of war. Inside the camp, the faith his parents instilled is tested like never before. Though he begs God to help him not hate his brutal captors, Rusty can no longer even hear the Japanese language without revulsion. Only his rare letters from home sustain him—especially the brilliant notes from his mother’s charming helper, which the girl signs simply as “Rose.”

Will Rusty survive the war only to encounter the Japanese on his own doorstep? Can Rose overcome betrayal and open her heart? Or will the truth destroy the fragile bond their letters created?

Terrie Todd is the award-winning author of The Silver Suitcase, Maggie’s War, Bleak Landing, Out of My Mind and the soon-to-be-released Rose Among Thornes (August) and The Last Piece (November). She’s a playwright, a newspaper columnist, a blogger, and the recipient of the 2018 Janette Oke Award from Inscribe Christian Writers Fellowship. Terrie and her husband Jon live on the Canadian prairies where her novels are set. They are the parents of three grown children and grandparents to five rambunctious boys. Terrie’s idea of embracing the harsh Canadian winters it to curl up with a good book and hot tea in front of her fake fireplace.

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