12 Book End, a fantastic bookish website, has an interview with Susan Crandall from way before anyone knew her… All the way back to June of 2013. It’s a great read, so if you want to know a little more about Whistling Past the Graveyard and her author, click on over to 12 Book End!
Excerpt:
“FIRSTLY, I’D LOVE TO KNOW IF YOU’RE AWARE OF OR HAVE EVER PARTICIPATED IN NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH (NANOWRIMO.ORG)? IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST EXPOSURE TO IT, WHAT ARE YOUR IMPRESSIONS?
[Susan Crandall] I’m very aware of NaNoWriMo.org. I think it’s a great idea and have several writer friends who participate almost every year. I however am the least disciplined writer on the planet. The mood has to be right for me to be productive at all. And no matter how hard I try, I simply cannot move on to a new chapter until I have my current chapter fine-tuned and polished. So NaNoWriMo is so far out of my comfort zone that I don’t even attempt it.
I would love to be able to hammer out all of the major aspects of a book in 30 days, but so much of my storytelling springs organically from my writing process.” [read more]
The Whistling Past the Graveyard audio book, narrated by Amy Rubinate, is now available from 
Independent booksellers are unheralded heroes of the literary world. While Amazon, Barnes & Noble and the like take most of the spotlight, it’s the indies who are the engine behind a book launch. As such, I’d like to thank 
Whistling Past the Graveyard received a wonderful write up in yesterday’s (July 10,2013) Atlanta Journal-Constitution (“‘Whistling’ sees 1963 South through sassy 9-year-old’s eyes”). In it, Susan discussed her inspiration and process for translating the words Starla whispered into her ear and onto the page. 