Episode 179: Novelist Spotlight #179: A conversation with the creator of the Nena Knight series of suspense novels

In the spotlight is Yasmin Angoe, the Anthony-nominated author of the critically acclaimed thriller Her Name Is Knight of the Nena Knight series, which has been optioned for a television series. Her Name Is Knight has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, OprahDaily.com, POPSUGAR, Nerd Daily, the Washington Independent Review of Books, The Guardian, and other platforms. Yasmin Angoe is a first-generation immigrant from Ghana, Africa, and in 2020 received the Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color from the organization Sisters in Crime. 

  

We discuss:  

   

>> Finding an agent 

>> Letting the story incubate  

>> The sustainability of a series character  

>> The psychographics of Nena Knight 

>> Life in Ghana, Africa 

>> Obligations of a black female author 

>> Etc.  

Learn more about Yasmin Angoe here: https://yasminangoe.com 

Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol. Check out his novels here: https://snip.ly/yz18no

Write to Mike Consol at novelistspotlight@gmail.com