Babs BookMark Issue 2 | Page 56

Marilyn Levinson  Allison Brook TB: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? I’ve lived on Long Island most of my life. Each move, starting in Brooklyn which I left when I was fourteen, has taken me farther out on the Island. I was a Spanish teacher years ago and still enjoy conversing in that language. I write mysteries, romantic suspense, and novels for young readers. I love to travel, watch foreign and indie films, read, eat out with my significant other, communicate with my grandkids on FaceTime, and knit, do Sudoku and crossword puzzles while watching TV in the evening. TB: Was there a certain time in your life you knew you wanted to write? I wanted to be a writer back in elementary school when I started writing short stories and essays. I even selected a pseudonym. (It wasn’t Allison Brook, but I can’t remember what it was.) TB: What are you currently working on? I’m plotting the third mystery in my Haunted Library series.