{"id":362,"date":"2017-12-20T14:25:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T19:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/?page_id=362"},"modified":"2017-12-20T14:25:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T19:25:29","slug":"connie-johnson-hambley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/previous-guests\/connie-johnson-hambley\/","title":{"rendered":"Connie Johnson\u00a0Hambley"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Connie Johnson\u00a0Hambley<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/05270b_16250bcff25048d8b0b0f099d9aa816f.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_268,h_396,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01\/05270b_16250bcff25048d8b0b0f099d9aa816f.webp\" width=\"268\" height=\"396\" \/><\/p>\n<p>November 5th 2017<\/p>\n<p>Connie Johnson Hambley grew up on a small dairy farm just north of New York City. In 1965, an arsonist burned her family\u2019s barn to the ground. From that experience grew the story that became\u00a0The Charity. A retrospective on the fire can be found\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.poughkeepsiejournal.com\/story\/news\/local\/2015\/03\/10\/pawling-barn-fire-anniversary\/24716431\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-content=\"http:\/\/www.poughkeepsiejournal.com\/story\/news\/local\/2015\/03\/10\/pawling-barn-fire-anniversary\/24716431\/\" data-type=\"external\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hambley writes about strong women from their perspective in situations that demand the most from them. No special powers, no gadgets, no super human abilities. Just a woman caught up or embroiled in something that she has to get out of, hopefully alive.<\/p>\n<p>Every bit of personal experience is used to create a story that is as believable as it is suspenseful. Using her law and investment background in ways unique, creative, but not altogether logical, Hambley has enjoyed robust professional pursuits that include writing for Bloomberg BusinessWeek,\u00a0Nature Biotechnology and MassHighTech. Experience at a major bank in Boston introduced her to clever schemes dreamed up to launder money.<\/p>\n<p>Hambley writes page-turners.\u00a0The Charity\u00a0is first in\u00a0The Jessica Trilogy,\u00a0followed by its sequel,\u00a0The Troubles. The final book in the trilogy,\u00a0The Wake, was published September 2017.<\/p>\n<h3>The Wake<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_15\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/05270b_4e3815eacd554c4597f856bee27e6c66~mv2_d_1600_2500_s_2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_272,h_408,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01\/05270b_4e3815eacd554c4597f856bee27e6c66~mv2_d_1600_2500_s_2.webp\" width=\"272\" height=\"408\" \/>World-class equestrian, Jessica Wyeth, is thrust into the middle of a game of geopolitical warfare. Reeling from revelations of her connection to the violent struggles to expunge Britain from Northern Ireland, she\u2019s blocked by unseen forces from returning to the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_15\">The facts of Jessica\u2019s birth become her deepest secret. Her late mother was considered by Northern Ireland to be a terrorist and her father is a key negotiator between violent Irish Republican Army (IRA) factions in Belfast and the British Government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_15\">Jessica vows to keep her father\u2019s identity hidden at all costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_15\">Only one man knows Jessica\u2019s truth. Michael Connaught, heir to an international crime family who profits from political uprisings, struggles with his own legacy. He is torn between protecting the woman he loves or using her secrets as a catalyst for inciting global unrest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_15\">When a terrorist bomb rips through the crowd at the Atlanta-based Summer Olympic Games, Jessica is forced to fight for her life in ways she never dreamed.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwriterschatroom.com%2Fwp%2Fprevious-guests%2Fconnie-johnson-hambley%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/previous-guests\/connie-johnson-hambley\/\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/previous-guests\/connie-johnson-hambley\/\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/previous-guests\/connie-johnson-hambley\/\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connie Johnson\u00a0Hambley November 5th 2017 Connie Johnson Hambley grew up on a small dairy farm just north of New York City. In 1965, an arsonist burned her family\u2019s barn to the ground. From that experience grew the story that became\u00a0The Charity. A retrospective on the fire can be found\u00a0here. Hambley writes about strong women from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":93,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-362","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":363,"href":"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362\/revisions\/363"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}