BOOK COVER Magazine - February 2014 | Page 26

One-On-One With New Crime Author Veronica Faye McGill Who is Veronica McGill? My name is Veronica Faye McGill, I write under the name of Veronica Faye. I was born in Gary, Indiana on June 1st and I am 56 years old. I received a BS degree in Radio, TV and Film from Indiana State University in Terre Haute Indiana. I recently left a career as a Public Assistance Trainer with Xerox Services to write full time. I am the mother of a son Branden who lives outside of Atlanta, GA. Why did you choose crime fiction as your specialty? I started to write crime fiction because of my love of the works of Agatha Christie, Walter Mosley, and James Patterson to name a few. I decided to write this type of genre because it was a challenge to me. And, I love a good ol' fashion whodunit! How do you feel about books that are out today? As a child I was fasci