Kent Heckenlively
Author Interview - Kent Heckenlively
Author of THIS NEVER HAPPENED: A Call Girl in D.C.
Heidi Scherzinger is just a typical working girl in Chicago in 1972. Well, maybe not so typical. In fact, she's running Chicago's most successful independent call girl outfit when she's summoned to meet with Sonny Battaglia, the country's most powerful Mob boss.
The other local call girl agencies are complaining about her success, so Sonny offers her a deal: either she gets whacked, or she relocates to Washington, D.C., where she'll be working for the "Agency" under the control of the creepy Sidney Gottshalk, the resident blackmail specialist.
The Agency wants blackmail material on all the horny Democrats flooding the Capitol in the run-up to the presidential election, trying to defeat President Nicholas Dixon as he runs for a second term.
Author Interview - Kent Heckenlively
Author I draw inspiration from:
Elmore Leonard - "Get Shorty" - Smart, good-looking, small-time criminals going up against even bigger crooks. What's not to love?
Author Interview - Kent Heckenlively | Author I Draw Inspiration From
Favorite place to read a book:
Coffee shop
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with:
Porfiry Petrovich - Crime and Punishment - We'd start talking about the eccentricities and oddities of human beings.
Author Interview - Kent Heckenlively | Book Character I’d Like to be Stuck in an Elevator With
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author:
Third grade class when I wrote an action-adventure science fiction story about an apocalyptic nuclear wasteland with giant mutated creatures.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook:
I like the physical books. Not a fan of ebooks or audiobooks.
The last book I read:
James - Percival Everett - Loved the way it retold a classic American story.
Author Interview - Kent Heckenlively | The Last Book I Read
Pen & paper or computer:
I love working on the computer.
Book character I think I’d be best friends with:
Harry Dresden, the crime solving wizard of Chicago - Dresden series of fantasy novels by Jim Butcher - He's a loner who cares about people and his community.
Author Interview - Kent Heckenlively | Book Character I’d be Best Friends With
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a:
Podcaster
Favorite decade in fashion history:
1970s - Truly an unappreciated decade.
Place I’d most like to travel:
Rome, Italy - The fallen capitol of empire! How can you not love it and the Italians?
My signature drink:
Cafe Americano
Favorite artist:
Mozart, as portrayed in the movie Amadeus.
Number one on my bucket list:
Getting to #1 on Amazon for a third time.
Anything else you'd like to add:
Fiction should be fun!
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About Kent Heckenlively:
Kent Heckenlively
Kent Heckenlively is an attorney, science teacher, and two-time New York Times bestselling author. He is best known as coauthor of the PLAGUE series (PLAGUE, PLAGUE OF CORRUPTION, & ENDING PLAGUE) with Dr. Judy Mikovits and Dr. Francis Ruscetti, winner of the Distinguished Service Medal from the National Institutes of Health. His book, PLAGUE OF CORRUPTION reached #2 on the New York Times Bestseller list in June of 2020, has sold more than 200,000 copies to date, and is being turned into a documentary narrated by Liam Neeson.
With more than 15,000 Amazon reviews, a 4.7 average ranking out of 5.0 stars, more than 750,000 of his books in print, critical praise from Kirkus Reviews, including a highly coveted, “Kirkus preferred review” for his book on interferon, as well as his books being translated into ten languages, Kent is quickly becoming the country’s most fearless writer on the corruption of our institutions.
