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Author biography

Ron Day is an East Tennessee author whose Redemption Falls series blends Appalachian Gothic atmosphere, supernatural suspense, and regional folklore. Raised in Blount County, Tennessee, he grew up absorbing the stories, people, and traditions of the mountains. His great-grandfather shared stories of mountain healing, sin-eaters, and inherited folk knowledge during fishing trips and walks to the creek. Before becoming a published novelist, Ron spent 14 years in radio, learning to speak to a large audience as though addressing a single listener. That intimacy carries into his fiction through sensory detail and a strong sense of place. His fictional town of Redemption Falls draws on the roads, hollows, churches, family conversations, and personalities he remembers from East Tennessee. At the center of the series is Donna Miller, whose courage is defined by what she does despite fear. Ron is also developing Hooks, an upcoming supernatural crime-thriller series.

At a glance

Author

Ron Day

Roots

Blount County, Tennessee

Fiction

Appalachian Gothic · Supernatural crime-thriller

Publisher

Randy House Publishing

Interview topics

Appalachian lore, family storytelling, East Tennessee, radio, and the Redemption Falls series

Story angles

• From great-grandfather to great-grandson: inherited Appalachian lore becomes modern Gothic fiction.
• A Blount County childhood behind a fictional Smoky Mountain town.
• Fourteen years in radio and the intimacy of speaking to one reader.
• Donna Miller, vulnerability, and courage in supernatural fiction.

Suggested interview questions

• What did your great-grandfather tell you about sin-eaters and mountain healing?
• How much of Redemption Falls is drawn from real East Tennessee places and people?
• How did your radio career change the way you write for a reader?
• Why was it important for Donna Miller to be vulnerable?
• What changed for Donna and the town in Ashes of the Hollow?

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