THOUGHTS ON MY FAVORITE MOVIE
It’s “Casablanca,” which is not exactly a groundbreaking choice. “Casablanca” is a movie that shouldn’t work, but does, on just about every level, because of sharp writing, whiz-bang directing and fantastic acting by an international cast that found itself marooned in California during World War II. I saw it again recently (my 20th or 30th […]
THOUGHTS ON BASING BOOKS ON REAL EVENTS
Sometimes I wonder if I’ve ever had an original thought in my life. All my books have been inspired by real events, and my upcoming novel, SPECIAL VICTIM, is based on the notorious Central Park Jogger case. Still, I suspect that the process I go through in finding ideas is a typical one for most […]
THOUGHTS ON MICK HERRON v. JOHN LE CARRE
Mick Herron was a panelist and a featured guest at a couple of sessions I attended at the recently concluded Bouchercon mystery writers’ conference in Nashville. For the uninitiated, Herron is the author of the Slough House series, which is centered on a group of inept spies who have been exiled by British intelligence from […]