About Bobbie Dusek
I’m a Texas girl, born and raised in the Houston area, where I still call home. I’m a mother of two grown children, a lifelong reader, and someone who has always been fascinated by history, the places people have lived, and the stories they left behind.
For most of my professional life, my days have been spent in the very real world of business and leadership. Writing gives me somewhere completely different to go. It lets me wander through Viking-age settlements, ancient civilizations, forgotten ruins, small towns with secrets, and worlds where things that shouldn’t be possible sometimes are.
When I’m not writing, I’m usually spending time with family, reading, cooking something that takes far longer than I originally planned, or falling down a research rabbit hole because one innocent question somehow turned into three hours of ancient history. And even when I’m technically not writing, there’s a good chance a character is arguing in my head, a plot problem is being worked out, or another story has already started demanding attention.
I believe some of the best stories begin with curiosity—with wondering what happened, what might have happened, or what could happen if the world were just a little different than we thought.
And apparently, I have a very difficult time leaving those questions alone.
THE STORY BEHIND THE STORIES
I’ve always been fascinated by the stories hiding beneath the surface—the parts of history we only glimpse, the mysteries that refuse to stay buried, and the question of what might have happened in the spaces the record left blank. Sometimes a story begins with a real place or moment in history. Sometimes it starts with an unsolved mystery, an old legend, or simply a question I can’t stop thinking about: What if?
The women at the center of my stories tend to be strong, but strength doesn’t mean they have everything figured out. They make mistakes. They get angry. They doubt themselves, make complicated choices, love fiercely, and sometimes have to fight their way through circumstances they never asked for. I want them to feel like real women—not characters waiting for someone else to save them.
Love often finds its way into my books, usually slowly and rarely without complications, but it is never the only story being told. There are battles to survive, secrets to uncover, murders to solve, histories to unravel, and sometimes things lurking in the dark that probably shouldn’t exist. The relationship grows alongside the larger story rather than replacing it.
More than anything, I want to create the kind of book that makes you forget where you are for a while. I want the world around you to disappear and another one to take its place—one you can see, hear, smell, and feel. And when you finally reach the last page, I hope some small part of that world stays with you.
