READER'S ROCK LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE VOL 2 ISSUE 4 NOVEMBER 2014 Vol 1 Issue 11 May 2014 | Page 47

Well the book pretty
much is my WHOLE
LIFE, if I tell you things
about me then it would
be repetitive in the book.
But in short I'm a 47yr.
old who lives in
Michigan and LOVES
ANIMALS. Part of my
profits from the book
goes towards the HSUS. I
was born on 12-11 at the
time of 12:11, which to me
was very odd. I am not one
to follow any superstitions
or doctrines based on
numerology but the way my
life has went I now wonder
if that birth-date and time,
which coincide so perfectly,
might in all actuality have a
purpose.

1. Why did you
decide to write
(non-fiction)? What
is the appeal?
I only wrote one book
and it was my life story
with the focus on
escaping from a POW
camp in Iran after 911. If
I hadn't had any
tragedies in my life (and
trust me this isn't the
only one) I probably

wouldn't have written

one. Everyone told me
that I should write a
book and it would be a
great catharsis.
2. How much research
goes into your
books, and how do
you tackle that?
The only research was
my memory
3. What is the best
comment you ever
received from a
reader? The worst
or weirdest?
I received it from Tom
Clancy and he said
“YOU SURE KNOW
HOW TO WRITE A
BOOK FOR THE “REAL”
AUDIENCE.
My worst was, “you
suck and you know
nothing about Iran or
Muslims”….as you will
find out I actually do
4. Tell us a little about
your writing style?
Do you plan and
plot your stories, or
do you just plow
through them?
I literally plowed
through it, I sat down
and just wrote for threesix months. I never reread it because it was
too hard. So I had John
re-read it and my
literary agent for errors.
My therapist and I
started going through
the chapters then
stopped when I started
having flashbacks.
5. Can you tell us a
little about your
current work, (Lori's

Song)?
It's my true story of
being held captive in a
POW type camp in Iran
for six weeks. The book
also deals with my
childhood sexual abuse,
substance abuse, PTSD
and living with bipolar.
It is a very graphic
book when it comes to
scenes during the camp.
My book is available on
Kindle, paperback and
hardcover. Its available
through Amazon,
Barnes & Noble and
anywhere online.
Search “Lori
Foroozandeh”.
These are my social
networking links and I
also have a blog.

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