Thomas Nelson Publishers, has partnered with Chevrolet for a series of promotions around your young adult fiction, The Lost Book Series. Chevrolet has given away 10,000 copies of Chosen. There’s also a book-related treasure hunt, in which a reader will soon win a 2008 Chevy Cobalt. Tell us about that.
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Chaos, the fourth book in my young adult series, (one of the characters) sees a red Chevy and it becomes part of the (storyline). We decided to work with Chevrolet, which will announce the winner of the Chevy Car Contest on May 16. That’s been a lot of fun.
What does your family think about your success?
I have two brothers and one sister. I didn’t write any more than the next child; I was too busy running through the jungles. They’re not quite sure what to make of it.
I have a very, very supportive wife. She was quite confident in my ability to succeed. My four children (ages 11 to 22), they’re kind of like my other relatives—they don’t quite believe any of this. When I go to a bookstore and there’s a line of 200 people, they can’t wrap their minds around it. I’m their Dad.
When I finish a novel and come flying out (I’m very dramatic about all of my stuff), they’re like, ‘Yeah, whatever. Another novel. So what are we having for dinner?’
You have a number of books in the pipeline and write six days a week. What do you do for fun?
I ride motorcycles. I watch a lot of movies. I like movies that make me cry and stretch me in terms of my emotions. I like fantasy, because it makes me wonder. I’m like a kid in that way.
What do you hope God will say about your work when you meet him one day in heaven?
Three words would be awesome: ‘We did it.’ That would be so cool to me if he were to say that with a smile.
Stacy Hawkins Adams is a Christian fiction author and speaker based in Richmond, Va. Her latest releases include the novel Watercolored Pearls and a mother/daughter anthology, This Far By Faith.