By Samantha Sharma
ORLANDO, Fla. — Author Kyra Davis visited Barnes & Noble on E. Colonial Drive, on June 9, to promote her new “comedic female driven mystery” novel “Lust, Loathing and a Little Lip Gloss.” The book is the newest addition to Davis’ Sophie Katz series.
The series follows Sophie Katz, a writer living in San Francisco, who happens to find herself amidst a world of mystery and crimes. In “Lust, Loathing and a Little Lip Gloss” Sophie becomes entranced with a Victorian house that she just must own, but when the owner turns up dead Sophie must uncover the truth of his death and deal with a suspicious ex-boyfriend.
Davis describes Sophie as “my alter-ego who is braver than me and kicks butt.”
Davis started off the event with a reading from the new novel, and then she spoke to the audience about the writing process of the new book. Davis began to then take audience questions and proceeded with signing books.
“I explored Sophie more in this book and the readers get to know her a lot better,” said Davis, who expressed that this book was a “delight to write” and her “most beloved” of the series.
“They’re fun books that take you out of your reality and into fantasy,” said Alexis Rangel, a soon-to-be University of Central Florida freshman.
Davis never expected to become a writer. “This was not a life long dream,” said Davis. “This was never my initial career path.”
In the beginning Davis was trying to start a career as an actor in New York, but when she realized that she might not be able to make a living with acting she moved onto fashion. After going through a divorce, and the aftermath of September 11 Davis “needed an escape from the darkness.”
“I began to write my own story, write my own escape,” said Davis. “50 pages into this I realized this could be more than an escape but my new direction.” Her mother paid for her to attend a writer’s conference where she met her first agent and inked a three-book deal.
“I saw the cover and it was pink with a coffee mug and I knew that she wrote it for me,” said Monika Fewell, as she spoke on what propelled her to read the Sophie Katz series. “I drove to the bookstore and started to read it immediately.” Fewell who lives in Texas made sure to make Davis’ book signing apart of her trip to Orlando.
Davis is currently writing her fifth book in the Sophie Katz series that will be out in June 2010. “Lust, Loathing and a Little Lip Gloss” is on sale now and can be found, along with Davis’ other books, at most bookstores. To learn more information about the author or any of her novels visit www.kyradavis.com.
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