Bio
Peggy Joque Williams is the author of the Amazon best-seller Courting the Sun: A Novel of Versailles. A retired
elementary school teacher and avid researcher, Peggy’s fascination with genealogy and her French-Canadian, European, and Native American ancestry inspires her historical fiction. Having grown up in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Peggy considers herself a “Yooper” by birth and a “Cheesehead” by choice. She graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor’s degree in education and earned a master’s degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Previous to writing Courting the Sun, Peggy co-wrote and self-published two mystery novels with her sister-in-law, Mary Joy Johnson. They are the Wisconsin Indie Project award-winning On the Road to Death’s Door and On the Road to Where the Bells Toll. She has also co-written and won screenwriting awards with Christine DeSmet. Their short film, The Stone Carver, made its debut at the Door County Film Festival in February 2024, and has been accepted into other film festivals since. Peggy is married with two adult children and three grandkids. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Interview Questions
- What inspired the writing of Courting the Sun?
- What kind of research did you have to do for Courting the Sun?
- Do you have a favorite character in Courting the Sun?
- What did you learn that surprised you when researching for Courting the Sun?
- Have you been to France?
- In what ways do the characters and the story in Courting the Sun reflect your actual ancestors?
- Who is the audience for Courting the Sun? What kind of reception has it gotten?
- So what’s the deal with your middle name? How do you pronounce it? Why is it spelled that way?
- You’ve collaborated on many projects. Why go solo now?
- Will there be a sequel?
- Tell us about your mystery novels.
- Did you have to do much research for the two mystery novels?
- You seem to love history and research, so why write contemporary novels?
- Are the characters in the mystery novels inspired by real people?
- Are you working on a third mystery novel?
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