“I have never attended a Third Thursday meeting where I didn’t learn something I needed to know.”
-Evelyn Palfrey
A member of the Writers’ League for twenty years as well as a Writers’ League Board Member, Evelyn Palfrey lives in Austin.
Scribe: In what genre(s) do you write?
Evelyn Palfrey: Romantic suspense for the marvelously mature.
Scribe: What author would you most like to have a drink with, and what’s the first question you would ask them?
EP: Octavia Butler. Is there an unfound manuscript of the third book in the Parable series?
Scribe: If you were stranded on a deserted island, what book would you want to have with you to keep you sane?
EP: Audio of Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver.
Scribe: What have you learned from your association with the Writers’ League?
EP: Too much to tell. I have never attended a Third Thursday meeting where I didn’t learn something I needed to know.
Scribe: Where do you see your writing taking you (or you taking it) in the future?
EP: I would love to write science fiction.
Scribe: Here at the Writers’ League, we love sharing book recommendations. What’s one Texas-related book that has come out within the past year that you couldn’t put down?
EP: I loved reading Michael Noll’s short story in Best American Mystery Stories 2016.
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