Why do you write the genre that you write?
I tried writing other genres when I was a kid but from the time I picked up Mary Higgins Clark’s Where Are The Children, I’ve been hooked on mystery and suspense. Also, I’ve always enjoyed creating puzzles and I love that aspect of plotting out a whodunit.

Tell us how you got into writing?
My first writing implement was a crayon. I’ve always written. In fact, for a long time, I didn’t realize that EVERYONE didn’t write! In high school, I’d write novel-length fan fiction longhand in pencil in spiral-bound notebooks. During study hall, I’d pass it around so my “fans” could read what I’d added to the story. They’d send it back to me with orders to “write more!” That’s very addicting. I still love to hear it! It was a long time between high school and finally getting a publishing contract, but I still wrote daily in some form.

What’s next for you?
I’m venturing outside of my traditionally published safe zone and am indie pubbing a standalone for the first time. Death By Equine is about a veterinarian at a second-rate thoroughbred racetrack seeking to find the truth about her mentor’s mysterious death.

What are you reading now?
I just finished M. E. Browning’s Shadow Ridge and loved it! Next up is Rachel Howzell Hall’s And Now She’s Gone.

Where can we find you?
You can sign up for my newsletter and learn more about me and my books at my website annettedashofy.com. You can also follow me on Facebook at @annette.dashofy and on Goodreads, BookBub, Instagram, and Twitter.

Now to have some fun . . .

Vanilla or chocolate
Chocolate!

Pizza or burgers
Pizza

Broccoli or squash
Now you’re making it hard. I love both.

Breakfast, lunch, or dinner
Dinner

Mountain or beach
Beach, although it depends on my mood. Again, I love both.

Introvert or Extrovert
Introvert

And even more fun . . .

You are stranded on a deserted island. What are your three must-haves?
Are we ruling out living beings? If not, my husband and my cat are the top two. However, if we’re ruling them out, I would say a loaded Kindle, but I think I’d be outta luck once the battery died. So a book by either Julia Spencer Fleming or Craig Johnson (because I can read those over and over), a thick notebook, and a turquoise gel pen.

My bio:
Annette Dashofy is the USA TODAY best-selling author of the Agatha Award-nominated Zoe Chambers mystery series about a paramedic and deputy coroner in rural Pennsylvania’s tight-knit Vance Township. Annette is the vice president of the Pittsburgh chapter of Sisters in Crime Chapter and is on the board of directors of Pennwriters. She and her husband live on a farm in Washington County, Pennsylvania with their very spoiled cat, Kensi.