Featured Author: Nicole Blanchard Q & A
Coastal Magic Convention is a beachside reader weekend in Daytona Beach, Florida each February. The 14th annual weekend is February 19-22, 2026, celebrating the magic of stories & storytellers. Each year’s goal is to bring authors and readers together for a memorable weekend with old friends (and new!) and to build TBR piles! This year, the theme for the event is “Secret Garden: Reading Helps Your Mind Bloom”. Nicole Blanchard is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over twenty-five novels ranging from small-town heroes to the villains you love to hate. Her stories are packed with twists, grit, heart, and alll the heat — just the way readers like them. When she’s not plotting her next twisted love story, she’s soaking up sweet tea and sunshine at the beach, parked in the tattoo chair, or tending to her farm full of misfit pets. 1. What got you into writing? How long have you been writing? Reading, honestly. I’ve always been a bookworm. I read a lot, probably too mu...