Educated in the U.S., England and France
Soren sat his O-level examinations at the Heathland School in Hounslow, London
in 1981. His undergraduate degree in
Forestry is from the University of Minnesota, 1986. His law degree is from William Mitchell
College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota 1991.
Soren’s novel, Cold Lonely Courage
won Fade In Magazine’s 2009 Award for Fiction. Fade In was voted the nation’s
favorite movie magazine by the Washington Post and the L.A. Times
in 2011 and 2012.
The French edition of Cold Lonely
Courage, Courage was published January 2019, by Encre Rouge
Editions, distributed by Hachette Livre in 60 countries. Soren’s contemporary novel, Tim will
be released along with the rest of the books in the Madeleine Toche series of
historical thrillers.
The Allies and the Nazis are in a deadly race to develop the ultimate
weapon while supersonic V-2 rockets rain down on London. Madeleine Toche and
Berthold Hartmann, the German super assassin
who taught her to kill, search for
the secret factory where Werner von Braun and his Gestapos masters use slave
labor to build the weapons as the bodies of the innocent pile up. The Allied
ground forces push towards Berlin while the German SS fight savagely for each
inch of ground.
Finding the factory hidden beneath
Mount Kohnstein, Hartmann contacts his old enemy, Winston Churchill and summons
Madeleine to his side. While she moves to bring the mountain down on her
enemies, Hartmann leads a daring escape from the dreaded Dora concentration
camp to continue his revenge against the monsters who ruined his beloved
Germany.
Together with the Russian
Nachtlexen, the Night Witches, fearsome female pilots the race tightens as the
United States and the Germans successfully carry out an atomic bomb test.
Germany installs an atom bomb
in a V-2 pointed towards London, while the US delivers one to a forward base in
the Pacific. The fate of the Second World War and the future of mankind hangs in
the balance.
Welcome, Soren! Can you tell us how you
came up with the idea?
Soren: Wolves at Our Door is a sequel to the anchor book of the Madeleine Toche Series, Cold Lonely Courage. In Wolves, I wanted to directly address aspects of the Holocaust, the race for an atomic weapon and to feature Madeleine and her mentor in the field fighting together.
Can you tell us a little about the main
characters?
Soren: Madeleine Toche is a young French woman who found her way into the Resistance during WWII, helping Jewish children escape the Nazis. Later, after she’s raped and has exacted revenge by killing the German SS officer who raped her, she escapes to England and finds her way into the British Special Operations Executive, Winston Churchill’s army of the shadows.
They say all books of fiction have at
least one pivotal point where the reader just can’t put the book down. What is
one of the pivotal points in your book?
Soren: I try to keep the readers hooked from the beginning. I have hundreds of reader and editorial reviews that mention, I couldn’t put the book down. What a joy it is to read that and know that those readers will remember my books fondly.In Wolves, when we first meet Madeleine Toche her remarkable talents, skills and courage capture readers who then cheer for her, worry about her and most of all wonder what she’s going to do next.
Do you proofread and edit your work on
your own or pay someone to do it for you?
Soren: I use Grammarly and have a professional editor who works for major publishers both as a freelance editor and ghostwriter. Her name is Hannah Eason. I couldn’t have a better fit for the way I write.
Do you believe a book cover plays an
important role in the selling process?
Soren: The cover needs to draw attention but should have a clear connection to the storyline. I like covers that are unique.
What did you want to become when you were
a kid?
Soren: A Marine Biologist. I loved everything Jacques Cousteau.
What is one thing you’d like readers to know
about you?
Soren: I want people to be happy. If I can contribute to their joy of reading, then I’ve accomplished a great thing.
Is there anything you’d like to tell your
readers and fans?
Soren: I write for everyone. My characters appeal to men and women alike.
