Look and Listen

Biography

Award-winning author J.R. Turner lives in Central Wisconsin with her husband and three children. She began writing in high school, and after a decade working as a commercial artist, started her first novel in 1999. Aside from crafts, camping and cooking, she loves holidays. A favorite is Halloween, a combination of spooky supernatural fun and chocolate.

Inspiration

My influences range from the books I read as a kid, "The Stand" by Stephen King, Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind," and the authors I've enjoyed as an adult, Dean Koontz, Michael Crichton, Ann Rice, Jean Auel, Julie Garwood, Alex Carr. I'm also a huge movie buff so I draw a lot of inspiration from particularly moving movies, though I love good thrillers and adore an awesome horror flick. Some of my favorite films are "North Country" starring Charleze Theron, one of my favorite actresses. The Die Hard triology and the Alien/Predator franchise. Others who have heavily influenced my writing are Frank Miller and George A. Romero.