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JoeyPinkney.com 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With... Suzanne E. Nelson, author of The Helpers
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What an interesting backstory to an enchanting novel, Nelson was born in Africa, went to school in NYC and now works for the U.N. in Geneva Switzerland. Needless to say, she definitely has experience and the research acumen to pull this novel off.
From the interview: "So far, I have written two novels about Africa, which were inspired by realistic historical facts. The Helpers was inspired by colonialism in Democratic Republic of Congo and how it led to corruption and terror – which still goes on. Nightmare Along the River Nile was inspired by actual events that happened to young people in the 1990s at the height of the LRA rebel abductions in northern Uganda."
Watch the interview trailer here: http://youtu.be/y3IN8XXq_nA
Read the interview here: http://h1t.it/MiaV4C