Thanks, Gregory G. Allen, for interviewing me for Huffington Post!

It was great catching up with pal, author Gregory G. Allen, who interviewed me on my new book at The Huffington Post!  Greg is one of those rare multi-hyphenates--he writes, he acts, he directs--and does them all well.  As he is in the process of adapting Missing, by Drake Braxton, as a screenplay for a feature film, I am grateful he was able to take the time to chat.  Thanks, HuffPo, for sharing it!Here are a few of his questions, but head over to Huffington Post for the full exchange!Allen: What's your favorite story in the book?Edwards-Stout: It's hard to choose, but I feel very connected to the title story, "Gifts Not Yet Given," which is the last story in the book.Allen: Why is that your favorite?Edwards-Stout: I think it's because, as a writer, I'm still surprised that those pages were written by me.Allen: How so?Edwards-Stout: Well, in this case, the title came to me before the story did. I was looking at the stories I'd written thus far, contemplating names for the collection, and this title just popped into my head. I knew that I needed a complementary story for it, and once I started writing, the story materialized very quickly. It's about a woman struggling to deal with issues around her daughter, and I find it particularly touching. I still can't believe it came out of me!Photo credit of Gregory G. Allen: Tom Schopper