Originally, I planned to publish "The Auction" under my real name, but then the character Angelica started speaking in my head, and she has a foul mouth. There's nothing my mother hates more than the "F" word. If she knew I cursed in a book, it would crush her. And if one of her friends read the book and mentioned the swear words to her, well, that would be my mom's version of public humiliation.

I typically write in a vastly different genre. Readers of my other books would be shocked by The Auction. So, Elci North is a figure of my imagination.