John as something that is so important in a tourism driven destination to the fact that a friend of hers had started something similar in Nantucket.Īs we spoke more about the small island that she calls home, I began to notice some parallels between St. Once we got settled on the mooring I pulled out my recorder and our conversation led from her thoughts on News of St. Ha! Elin, Chewy and myself aboard Asante at Lovango Cay

I was delighted to hear that she had used the link to something I had written in her bio on Instagram and that friends far and wide had sent it to her. Pepper in hand (her favorite), Elin chatted with me a bit about the wide traction that the previous post I wrote had received as we sailed across the sound towards Lovango Cay, the setting for the third and final (Sorry folks!) book in the Paradise Trilogy. We got everyone on board and settled with beverages before lifting the anchor and hoisting the sails as we made our way out of the creek near the National Park Dock. The lovely Elin and her hilarious boyfriend, Tim, kept us in good conversation and multiple laughs while they enjoyed some time on the boat I’ll have to admit, being a writer, I was quite nervous to meet her…let alone interview her! But the day ended up being filled with easy laughter and non-stop conversation about one thing that everyone on the boat loves. We picked Tim and Elin up via dinghy at the dock in front of High Tide on a simply perfect Mid-March afternoon. So, on March 18, Elin and her boyfriend, Tim, joined Teddy, Chewy and myself on the boat to celebrate their ninth anniversary and chat about the madness of 2020, Love City of past and present and some interesting parallels between the author’s home of Nantucket and her beloved winter “paradise,” St. John this month for her annual five week “Winter in Paradise” and, with a green light from Captain Teddy, I invited her to join us for an afternoon of conversation and sailing on Asante. I asked the famed novelist if she wouldn’t mind sitting down with me when she was next on island. She reached out to me via Instagram to ensure that I had seen the story about ABC’s possible option on her Paradise Trilogy.

A while back, I received a message from “the queen of the beach read” and best selling author Elin Hilderbrand.

Barefoot by elin hilderbrand