ARTICLES
BY MARY CAMARILLO


IndieView Interview
Thank you to The Indie Review for featuring “Those People Behind Us” in their Bookviews. They asked some great questions about whether my characters were

Interview on Bibliocracy Radio
Bibliocracy Radio is a weekly half-hour books discussion and interview program hosted by Santa Monica Review editor Andrew Tonkovich featuring writers of literary fiction and nonfiction, poetry,

Daily Pilot Interview
It was such a pleasure to talk about books with journalist Matt Szabo from my local newspaper “The Daily Pilot.” I’m a big fan of

Shoutout SoCal Interview
Shoutout Socal is part of the Los Angeles based Voyage Group of Magazines. They believe meaningful conversations are at the heart of community building, that

Inside the Emotion of Fiction
Christal Rice Cooper digs into the emotions behind Those People Behind Us in issue #356 of her blog “Inside the Emotion of Fiction.” When I

My three favorite reads of 2023
Ben Shepherd recently asked authors and super readers for their 3 favorite reads in 2023 and I got to be one of them. Read about

The Literate Quilter Review
Nancy A. Bekofske started blogging in 2008, writing about the books she read and the quilts she was working on. Over the years she’s added

Playlist for “Those People Behind Us”
David Gutowski (aka the Large Hearted Boy) is a music-loving man who lives in Brooklyn, though his heart is deep in the American South. His

Brainerd Book Review
Gracias to Theresa Bourke of the Brainerd Dispatch for this thoughtful review of Those People Behind Us. Bourke said this: “Camarillo’s characters are so real

More Books About The Real Southern California
The New York Times recently listed ten books that help “explain California.” Although Susan Straight’s excellent novel Mecca was included (and also included in Part One of

Bold Journey Interview
Bold Journey Magazine’s website states that “Living life boldly means exposing yourself to all sorts of risk – risk of loss, risk of criticism and

Not So Perfect
When “Those People Behind Us” received an 8.5 out of 10 score from the folks at the BookLife Prize, I admit I wasn’t particularly pleased.