J. P. Uvalle Interview Published on: 03, Jun 2020

I was an outdoorsy kind of girl and loved to travel with my grandparents. We took my grandfather's van everywhere--San Deigo, Arizona, on fishing trips. Those were the good old days.

Also, My miniature schnauzer named Romeo and I did just about everything together; he was my best friend.

I have a passion for emergency medicine. It can be soul-draining at times. But the indefinable feeling you get when an animal fully recovers makes it all worth it.

After my daughter was born, I began writing during a dark period in my life--when everything that could've gone wrong did. Slowly losing hope, I felt lost. However, somewhere along the way, I found myself. I found my true calling. My soul’s purpose--to share my words with the world. It was a spiritual awakening in a sense. I started noticing things. Signs. They were all around me. I just needed to stop and pay attention. One day, while I was reading Meredith Wild's book “Hard Limit” it finally made sense, I was destined to write. The sensation I felt at that precise moment was so profound I could no longer ignore it. So, I began to write. The words started to flow like a river from my brain, down my arm, through my fingers, and onto a writing app, I had downloaded. I couldn't stop, I was a woman possessed by words. Some nights, I would wake up to write, because if I didn't, I felt like my head was going to explode! And before I knew it, three months had passed, and I had written a 70,000-word novel. I had accomplished something that could have taken years to write. One book turned into two, three, then four. Now, by the end of this journey, there will be seven books in total. The lesson I have learned from all this was: I had to lose myself, in order to find myself. No matter how many books I write, Hidden Souls will always be the closest to my heart. The characters have taken on a life of their own; they are the vehicles in which drive my inner voice, and for that, I will forever be grateful. They helped me discover who I am, and who I am is, A WRITER.

Like with any career, there are ups and downs but for the most part, I can't imagine doing anything else. Taking care of animals is my life just as much as writing is.

Yes, as of right now, it's a good change of pace from ER. I get to spend more time with my family.

We don't get to travel often as parents. I hope to take our kids to Disney World and Universal Studios when they are older.

Ever since I was little I loved vampires and werewolves. Buffy the Vampire Slayer was my favorite show!

I had taken a year off from writing after my son was born. I look at the Picture Perfect Series as my come back series. Being a mother of two and working part-time left little time for writing so, I wanted to do something short, sweet and straight to the point, with my signature plot twist added in!

Vladimir the Impaler. I was fascinated by his history and wanted to make it my own.

I do a ton of research--I like my books to be as authentic as possible being supernatural and all.