Happy Pride Month everyone! Twinsie Tenise here. I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who took the time to answer the questions for our pride month celebration. I had fun coming up with this years set of questions. We will be celebrating all month with author spotlights as well as my reviews for some of the LGBTQIA books I’ve read this year. Check back daily to see what’s going on and add to your TBR piles. I hope you enjoy getting to know a little about all of these wonderful authors and their work.
🏳🌈 Tell us your name and a little bit about yourself?
Cassandra Featherstone I’ve been writing most of my life, but I started publishing after Covid permanently closed my department at my indie bookstore. Since then, I’ve released over thirty romance novels, novellas, audio books, and translations that all feature LGBTIQIA+ characters in the main characters.
🏳🌈 What is the title of your most recent release?
Right now? Quiet Burn (February), but that will change by June.
🏳🌈 Is there a book or a movie that has helped you have a better understanding of a current or past event in LGBTQ history?
Honestly, lived experience has been my best teacher. I do recommend Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (YA), The Fifth Season (SFF), and The Stonewall Reader (NF).
🏳🌈 If you could have dinner with a famous person from the LGBTQ community, past or present, who would that be and why?
Oh, man. Freddie freaking Mercury. No question. Being musical and a lover of cats, plus an unapologetically out gay who was taken by the tragedy AIDS at that time makes his perspective on now versus then completely fascinating. Plus, I think he’d a rockin’ good time.
🏳🌈 I can hear the complaints now. If you think 1 person is unfair please use this space for additional dinner guests and why you chose them?
I am a whychoose author, so if I’m allowed, I’d also love Oscar Wilde, Josephine Baker, Jonathon Larson, Rachel Carson, and David Bowie.
🏳🌈 Do you have a favorite review(s) of one of your books left by a reader? Care to share the title of the book, the review, and why this one stood out to you.
So I honestly don’t, but it’s because I avoid reviews for the most part now. However, I did have a reader come up to me at convention in 2024 and spend a long time telling me how the representation (PTSD, anxiety) in my FMC in Veiled Flame made her feel so seen and understood that she had to come meet me. Literally, I think we both cried.
🏳🌈 What are your social links?
You can get to all my links from: https://cassandrafeatherstone.com/pages/follow-cassandra-everywhere
What are your purchase links?
You can also find me on Amazon: https://amazon.com/author/cassandrafeatherstone or at my website www.Cassandrafeatherstone.com