Dr. Atticus Papadopoulos is visiting Ascroft, eh? to tell us about Meditation and Mischief, the latest novel in the Magical Mystery Book Club series.

Welcome, Dr. Papadopoulos. Let’s get started, shall we?

Tell us about the novel that you live inside. Is it part of a series? If so, please tell us about the series too.

Pleasure to be here today. I’m Dr. Atticus Papadopoulos, doctor of astrobiology; the academic field that studies the origins of life on our Earth and the existence of life elsewhere in our universe. My current adventures align well with my work, you could say. I’m a part of the Magical Mystery Book Club series. These are stories about book club members who are absorbed into the books they choose from their enchanted library.

I’m a member of the club, and so I get to experience this phenomenon firsthand. We become the main sleuths, with the purpose of solving the mysteries within the pages. The adventures are exhilarating, but the challenge is that we must reach The End to release ourselves from each book.

Does the writer control what happens in the story, or do you get a say too?

It appears that neither the author nor our characters write the script. This is done by an unseen entity that created the magical library eons ago. We do have a certain amount of free will, and with our motley group, that often leads us into mischief or downright trouble.

How did you evolve as a character?

When we first met up, we were all new to the game and unfamiliar with each other. Over time we’ve learned how to function well as a team. When solving mysteries that often involve murder, it’s important that we unite in our goals.

Do you have any other characters you like sharing the story with? If so, why are you partial to them?

I’ve become quite partial to our book club members and think of them more as family now. With all we’ve gone through together we’ve grown as a group. With some members that’s been a process, such as our spunky octogenarian and our clever but snarky library cat. Did I mention that the cat talks?

What’s the place like where you find yourself in this story?

That’s one of the most fascinating aspects of this series. We travel into paranormal worlds of all types and meet many kinds of beings. We’ve met ghosts, fairies and shifters, to name a few. The worlds we visit have been as different as a palace in a sprite kingdom to a cabin the old Wild West of Arizona.

Is there anything else you’d like to tell readers about you and the book?

You never know where you’ll land in these books, but no matter where we are, you can be certain we will solve the mystery, improve the conditions for the book’s inhabitants, and arrive safely back home with nothing but fond memories of our adventures.

Thank you for answering my questions, Dr. Papadopoulos, and good luck to you and your author, Elizabeth Pantley, with Meditation and Mischief, the latest book in the Magical Mystery Book Club series.

Readers can learn more about Dr. Papadopoulos and his author, Elizabeth Pantley by visiting the author’s Facebook, Goodreads, Bookbub, and Instagram pages.

The novel is available online at  Amazon

About Elizabeth Pantley: Elizabeth writes well-loved cozy mysteries in two series: The Destiny Falls Mystery & Magic book series and the Magical Mystery Book Club series.

Elizabeth lives in the Pacific Northwest and Arizona, two very different places. Both are rich, gorgeous, natural places, and inspire the settings in many of her books.