24/7 with

Tricia Martineau Wagner, Author/Presenter, Charlotte, NC

My family: My husband Mark, our two teens Kelsey & Mitch, and Tiger (our Brittany Spaniel)

My favorite possession: My faith. It sustains me.

I’m thinking about: Food! (I’m hungry, as always.)

Words I live by: “The only journey is the one within.”

I am most proud of: My three books: It Happened on the Oregon Trail, African American Women of the Old West, and It Happened on the Underground Railroad.

One thing I never want to do again: Date! (I wasn’t good at it the first time.)

Right now I’m reading: I’m Not Scared by Niccolo Ammaniti

Favorite web site: Mine. (Is that vain?) AuthorTalk.org

My favorite body part: My feet. (They have no freckles.)

I still can’t get the hang of: Typing. (How can an author type with only two fingers?)

I’d like to learn to: Speak Italian so I can retire in Italy.

The smartest women I know: My sisters Cathy & Beth. One is an attorney and the other is a pharmacist. I could never do what they do. (I like to think that my gift is my creativity.)

My first job: Selling Girl Scout cookies. (That’s why I never went into sales…)

Whose diary would you most like to read? Mary Magdalene. (I think there is more to her than history knows.)