• Author Interviews

    Interview with author Thomas C Turbeville

    Thomas, I’d like to highlight your book, The Firefly King, what is the significance of the title? The title has multiple meanings. There is of course the more obvious connection: the character of Casey and his relationship to actual fireflies i.e. Casey’s twin sister, Joletta, suggests that there is something abnormal (or perhaps even supernatural) about how, from her perspective, fireflies seem far more drawn to Casey than any of the other children, and that this means there is something “special” about Casey. Casey of course dismisses this outright, regarding it as total nonsense. But what is perhaps not so obvious is what this relationship represents, as well as its…