Today’s author interview is with the talented Susan Faw, author of The Spirit Shield Saga. Please welcome Susan Faw to XterraWeb’s Author Interview Series. We hope you enjoy this interview as much as we did. Before we get started, we would like to thank Susan Faw for taking the time to give us this interview. Susan Faw is providing visitors to XterraWeb with a free copy of Soul Survivor, the prequel to The Spirit Shield Saga. Get your copy HERE. The Spirit Shield Saga is now available as a box set across all platforms. Buy the box set here.

Amor Libris: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

Susan Faw: I am a Canadian author and mother of three. I write young adult fantasy, and I am a complete Harry Potter nerd. My collection extends to a prop wand from the first movie, signed first edition novels by JK Rowling, and an extensive collector card collection.

Amor Libris: What is your favorite motivational phrase, and why?

Susan Faw: “I was set free, because my greatest fear had already been realized, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” – JK Rowling

I love this quote as it is also my story, and I relate on a very personal level to the pain and the hope behind the thought.

Amor Libris: What do you like to do when you are not writing?

Susan Faw: Read and garden, and I also love to play a former Disney game called Toontown. You can find me there as Super Ultra Banana Peels, a green monkey!

Amor Libris: What books and/or authors have influenced you the most?

Susan Faw: Harry Potter (JK Rowling) is my all-time favourite, followed closely by The Wheel of Time Series (Robert Jordan) and The Sword of Truth Series (Terry Goodkind). Some more recent authors that I am quite enjoying are VE Schwab and Brent Weeks. I also have read a lot of Brandon Sanderson’s work (Mistborn) All of these authors have earned a place on the shelf.