It's very possible to bog down in the detail and make it very unapproachable with the vernacular and details of the time. I think there is a challenge that came into it for me around how much do you try and give them in the recreation. I'm more or less trying to recapture or offer that to my kids and others when I sit down to write a book.

That experience of being transported by a book was very formative, I think. Mom would bring home tons of books from the library, which I devoured. Where did that drive come from?īrumbach: I'm not exactly sure how far to go back, but certainly it started at home where I was an avid reader. Lurz: In your bio on your website, you said you always wanted to become an author.

In it, he chronicles the adventures of teen cousins Maxine and William, who are swept up into a 1929 international plot of intrigue, secret societies and deception after traveling to live with their mysterious grandfather for the summer.īrumbach, who is an investment trader and local father by day, recently spoke with Suburban Life reporter Nathan Lurz about his work and experience getting back into writing. WHEATON – Though being an author was the dream of Wheaton resident Andrew Brumbach since childhood, it wasn't until he had kids of his own that his dream became a reality.īrumbach released his debut novel, 'The Eye of Midnight,' on March 8, published by Random House.

The eye of midnight by andrew brumbach