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Sandra Woffington

The Crime Cafe

Writers On The Beat: Crime Writers and Crime Fighters

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Debbi Mack interviews crime and suspense writer Sandra Woffington on the Crime Cafe podcast.For your podcasting needs, I use and recommend Blubrry Podcasting.I also recommend Stitcher Premium, if you’re a fan of podcasts. If you like true crime or crime fiction, there are loads of podcasts out there for you. And with Stitcher Premium you can listen to the exclusive archives from Criminology or bonus episodes from True Crime Garage. You can also listen ad-free to episodes of your favorite podcasts.I’ve subscribed, and for only $4.99 a month, it’s nice to have ad-free entertainment. Just go to www.stitcher.com/premium and use the promo code, CRIMECAFE, to try it out absolutely free for a month.And, once again, we have a transcription of the show notes. Click here to download a copy in PDF.Debbi (00:12): With me today is an author who, along with her Wine Valley Mystery series has written a standalone set in Saudi Arabia and a middle grade fantasy book, both of which have been shortlisted for awards. Her Wine Valley mysteries are also available in a box set that became a number one Amazon bestseller upon its release. That is amazing. I'm pleased to have with me today author Sandra Woffington. Hi, Sandra. How are you doing today?Sandra (02:14): Hi, Debbi. I'm good. Thank you for inviting me to the Crime Cafe. I'm happy to be here. And I wanted to tell you, I love your intro music. It really sets the mood for crime.Debbi (02:24): Thank you so much. Yeah, because I happened to find this music. I don't know if it was on the Mac or, or through YouTube, but I happened to find it and I thought, wow, that's just perfect.Sandra (02:37): It is perfect.Debbi (02:38): Well, thank you. Thank you very much. And thanks for being with us. At some point I'm going to sit down and figure out how many authors come on here who have traveled to interesting places because I seem to be collecting them. It was after you married that you moved to Saudi Arabia with your husband, correct?Sandra (03:00): Yeah, he was already there. We actually ... Wild story, but I was on a tour of Europe for a month in, I was 21 and I met him in a disco in Lucerne, Switzerland. He was there on business from Saudi Arabia, even though he was American. And then I went back to California, he went back to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and then we got to know each other through letters and met once in New York, which was about halfway and then decided to marry. And then I moved to Saudi Arabia.Debbi (03:32): Wow. That must've been quite a change for you. Now that first novel you worked on there. That was your first novel, and it was called Unveiling?Sandra (03:45): Yes. I think what travel does for you at 21, it was, it was almost ironic because one of my favorite books growing up were the stories of One Thousand and One Arabian nights with Aladdin and Sinbad and magic, and also the wit. Outsmarting each other with the characters. And I felt like I landed there. It literally, when I was there, it was during the period of the oil boom around 1979. And it was still camels in the desert. I look at Riyadh today and it's a fast paced city, but it was quickly disappearing. And I was fortunate enough to meet Safeya Binzagr, who is a renown Saudi female artist. She actually has opened a school and a museum in Jiddah, which is on the coast. And she inspired that story because she was ... In her art, she tries to capture what she saw as her traditions and culture quickly disappearing.Sandra (04:56): I saw that, too. There were beautiful mud, still mud houses, these fantastic mud buildings with balconies. And they were all being torn down and then European visions of beauty and marble, shiny marble were being put up. And when we took her out to see some ruins that she might be interested in painting, she took off her veils and I went, Whoa. And she had her niece with her. And it dawned on me that she's an artist and she needs her ey...

Debbi Mack interviews crime and suspense writer Sandra Woffington on the Crime Cafe podcast. For your podcasting needs, I use and recommend Blubrry Podcasting. I also recommend Stitcher Premium, if you’re a fan of podcasts. If you like true crime or crime fiction, there are loads of podcasts out there for you. And with Stitcher Premium you can listen to the exclusive archives from Criminology or bonus episodes from True Crime Garage. You can also listen ad-free to episodes of your favorite podcasts. I’ve subscribed, and for only $4.99 a month, it’s nice to have ad-free entertainment. Just go to <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/premium" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.stitcher.com/premium</a> and use the promo code, CRIMECAFE, to try it out absolutely free for a month. And, once again, we have a transcription of the show notes. Click here to download a copy in PDF. Debbi (00:12): With me today is an author who, along with her Wine Valley Mystery series has written a standalone set in Saudi Arabia and a middle grade fantasy book, both of which have been shortlisted for awards. Her Wine Valley mysteries are also available in a box set that became a number one Amazon bestseller upon its release. That is amazing. I'm pleased to have with me today author Sandra Woffington. Hi, Sandra. How are you doing today? Sandra (02:14): Hi, Debbi. I'm good. Thank you for inviting me to the Crime Cafe. I'm happy to be here. And I wanted to tell you, I love your intro music. It really sets the mood for crime. Debbi (02:24): Thank you so much. Yeah, because I happened to find this music. I don't know if it was on the Mac or, or through YouTube, but I happened to find it and I thought, wow, that's just perfect. Sandra (02:37): It is perfect. Debbi (02:38): Well, thank you. Thank you very much. And thanks for being with us. At some point I'm going to sit down and figure out how many authors come on here who have traveled to interesting places because I seem to be collecting them. It was after you married that you moved to Saudi Arabia with your husband, correct? Sandra (03:00): Yeah, he was already there. We actually ... Wild story, but I was on a tour of Europe for a month in, I was 21 and I met him in a disco in Lucerne, Switzerland. He was there on business from Saudi Arabia, even though he was American. And then I went back to California, he went back to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and then we got to know each other through letters and met once in New York, which was about halfway and then decided to marry. And then I moved to Saudi Arabia. Debbi (03:32): Wow. That must've been quite a change for you. Now that first novel you worked on there. That was your first novel, and it was called Unveiling? Sandra (03:45): Yes. I think what travel does for you at 21, it was, it was almost ironic because one of my favorite books growing up were the stories of One Thousand and One Arabian nights with Aladdin and Sinbad and magic, and also the wit. Outsmarting each other with the characters. And I felt like I landed there. It literally, when I was there, it was during the period of the oil boom around 1979. And it was still camels in the desert. I look at Riyadh today and it's a fast paced city, but it was quickly disappearing. And I was fortunate enough to meet Safeya Binzagr, who is a renown Saudi female artist. She actually has opened a school and a museum in Jiddah, which is on the coast. And she inspired that story because she was ... In her art, she tries to capture what she saw as her traditions and culture quickly disappearing. Sandra (04:56): I saw that, too. There were beautiful mud, still mud houses, these fantastic mud buildings with balconies. And they were all being torn down and then European visions of beauty and marble, shiny marble were being put up. And when we took her out to see some ruins that she might be interested in painting, she took off her veils and I went, Whoa. And she had her niece with her. And it dawned on me that she's an artist and she needs her ey...

Interview with Crime Writer Sandra Woffington: S. 6, Ep. 10

Author Sandra Woffington sat down in the Interrogation Room to answer a few questions about her writing and research. Sandra writes several series, the most popular and recent of which is her Wine Valley Mysteries with alliterative titles like BURGUNDY AND BODIES. Sandra studied at the UCI Humanities Honors Program, earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Chapman, and is a prolific researcher. In this episode, Sandra and host Gavin Reese discuss her craft, researching crime from outside the world of law enforcement, how to ship a cadaver, the shadowy world of "body brokers," and the harsh realities of hemlock. Sandra's works: www.amazon.com/Sandra-Woffington/e/B00CKBMDMU Sandra's site: www.sandrawoffington.com/ Gavin's works: www.amazon.com/Gavin-Reese/e/B072W5PPGS Gavin's site: gavinreese.com  #writersbeat #writerslife #nanowrimo #amwriting #amwritingfiction #amreading #mystery #localmystery #suspense #research #authenticity #winevalley #cadaver #ShipACadaver #hemlock #bodybrokers #tissuebank #rentapart #frozenbody #screenplay #dialogue  ---   Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writersbeatpodcast/support

Author Sandra Woffington sat down in the Interrogation Room to answer a few questions about her writing and research. Sandra writes several series, the most popular and recent of which is her Wine Valley Mysteries with alliterative titles like BURGUNDY AND BODIES. Sandra studied at the UCI Humanities Honors Program, earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Chapman, and is a prolific researcher. In this episode, Sandra and host Gavin Reese discuss her craft, researching crime from outside the world of law enforcement, how to ship a cadaver, the shadowy world of "body brokers," and the harsh realities of hemlock. Sandra's works: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FSandra-Woffington%2Fe%2FB00CKBMDMU&amp;token=49806c-1-1560003995106" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.amazon.com/Sandra-Woffington/e/B00CKBMDMU</a> Sandra's site: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandrawoffington.com%2F&amp;token=565bdb-1-1560003995106" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.sandrawoffington.com/</a> Gavin's works: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FGavin-Reese%2Fe%2FB072W5PPGS&amp;token=bca6e9-1-1560003995106" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.amazon.com/Gavin-Reese/e/B072W5PPGS</a> Gavin's site: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgavinreese.com&amp;token=75fb26-1-1560003995106" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">gavinreese.com</a> #writersbeat #writerslife #nanowrimo #amwriting #amwritingfiction #amreading #mystery #localmystery #suspense #research #authenticity #winevalley #cadaver #ShipACadaver #hemlock #bodybrokers #tissuebank #rentapart #frozenbody #screenplay #dialogue --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writersbeatpodcast/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writersbeatpodcast/support</a>

WRITERS ON THE BEAT: Author Sandra Woffington discusses Research