A Writer’s Inspiration: How to come up with new ideas… I’m often asked whether my writing is inspired by real life. And by real life, people usually mean my life. Occasionally, I do lift small details from my own life and use them directly in my writing—the way my sister’s hair falls, the taste of […]
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The Secret Life of Raymond Chandler
The Secret Life of Raymond Chandler Researching Raymond Chandler’s life was not always easy. I came to Chandler as a fan first, having fallen in love with his writing at university. I devoured the novels in a few short weeks and I burrowed into the biographies, the criticism, and the rest shortly after in an […]
Murder: A Necessary Evil
Murder: A Necessary Evil As a real-life prosecutor, I probably shouldn’t title this article the way I did. As a writer of crime fiction, though, murder is very much a necessary evil. It’s our greatest, most essential tool. Oh, sure, there are heist stories and kidnapping stories, but are there crime stories in which someone […]