Tough Cookie
By Diane Mott Davidson
Random House, $23.95
ISBN 0553107232

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Title of your new book:
Tough Cookie

Describe your book in 50 words or less:
When Goldy the caterer's commercial kitchen is temporarily closed, she is forced to host a TV cooking show. The program is broadcast from a posh Colorado ski resort where mysterious deaths have occurred. Soon Goldy is caught up in an avalanche of trouble, and must cook and ski her way out of danger.

What's your favorite thing about this book?
The wine geek.

What's your favorite book? Favorite movie?
Atticus by Ron Hansen
Days of Heaven

Which writer's work influenced you least?
Tom Clancy

About what will your next book be?
Goldy will be catering in an English castle that has been transported - stone by stone - to her small town of Aspen Meadow, Colorado.

Your most aggravating habit?
Giving driving advice.

Which one extremely famous person would you like to read your book?
Emma Thompson

What is one of your favorite dishes?
Linzertorte

What one thing would you like to learn to do?
The Lindy Hop

Diane Mott Davidson lives in Evergreen, Colorado, with her husband and three sons and is at work on her tenth novel. Tough Cookie is available from Random House this month.

Author photo by Karin Henricksson.