Who would you cast in a movie to play your main characters? What book(s) are you most excited to read next?Īlex Segura’s Secret Identity, Kellye Garrett’s Like a Sister, and Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Velvet Was the Night. I’ve also been reading a little bit of YA too lately as a palette cleanser. The latest books I’ve read were by Rachel Howzell Hall with These Toxic Things, Wanda Morris with All Her Little Secrets, and S.A.

What books have you read lately and loved? Deep down I know I wrote a good book, one that hits the reader in every way possible, but it’s still hard to receive the great reviews, love, and support from readers, authors, and other people in the industry. What’s the hardest part of being an author? Sometimes I’ll read a review or someone’s telling me how the book made them feel, and I’m like “Man, that sounds great, who wrote that?” Then I realize, “Oh, it’s me!”

Also, when others tell me about my book is pretty interesting. The best part of being an author is cracking open my book and realizing that this is the thing Yasmin made. Imaginary words and people were where I could get lost and allow my mom to do what she had to do, so there it is. I was an only child raised by a single mother and so books and notebooks were my babysitter and my siblings. It’ll sound cliché, but I really fell in love and began writing in end of elementary/middle school. When did you fall in love with the written word? I also wanted a story that was culturally rich and dealt with more than just “getting the job done.” I wanted a story that gave the reader a lot to unpack as well as provided a thrilling experience. Those are the genres I love and devour, so I decided to write about to create what I’d like to see more of in the type of books I love to read. I always enjoy writing about women, and for years I never saw women who look like me or were from my family’s country in the thriller and action genre as the lead protagonist. She cannot let history repeat and lose everyone she loves again.

Now she’s set on a course of revenge while also trying to protect the people in her life. Her Name Is Knight is my debut spyish action thriller about a Ghanaian female assassin for a powerful and secret business conglomerate who learns the people who razed her little village are still alive 16 years later.

I’m so excited to have Yasmin Angoe visiting today to talk about her much-anticipated debut release, Her Name Is Knight.

Her Name Is Knight by Yasmin Angoe