Nov 27, 2021 | A Word With The Author
Why do you write the genre that you write?For many years—late teens through college and well beyond—I subscribed to The New Yorker and studied both in the classroom and out the short stories of Hemingway and O’Connor and Welty and Ann Beattie and Raymond Carver and...
Nov 20, 2021 | A Word With The Author
Why do you write the genre that you write?With crime, you can write anything else—from traditional mystery and cozy to sci-fi and romance. Since the beginning of humanity, people have trespassed against each other and since then, humanity has created laws, religion,...
Nov 13, 2021 | A Word With The Author
Why do you write the genre that you write?Crime fiction has been part of my life since I picked up my first Encyclopedia Brown paperback in elementary school. Cop and spy shows on TV followed, then it was straight to Sherlock Holmes. I have since branched out to other...
Nov 6, 2021 | A Word With The Author
Why do you write the genre that you write? I write what I most like to read. While I enjoy books from all genres, mystery and crime fiction have long been my favorites—I love trying to figure out the answers alongside the detectives in the story. Which works well for...
Oct 30, 2021 | A Word With The Author
Why do you write the genre that you write? Both of my grandmothers had stacks of mysteries next to their beds, so I grew up with this genre. I like the fact that in a mystery there are real problems, usually with consequences, that need to be handled. A good mystery...
Oct 23, 2021 | A Word With The Author
Why do you write the genre that you write?That’s a really good question. I like solving puzzles, but that’s not enough. It depends on how you define “the genre that I write.” If it’s mystery, it’s the puzzle thing and that you have an easy jumping-off point to start...
