17 August 2020
I have a philosophy that I apply to writing crime fiction-a way that I think about what makes readers read, and also a way that I justify creating scenes that depict, for example, a vivid murder, a harrowing sexual assault, or a gut-wrenching child abduction.
I don't claim my thinking is unique or exceptional. I don't always adhere to it. It possibly derives self-consciously from the way I stumbled out of literature (short stories, the Fiction shelf) and into crime writing. My philosophy is a bit presumptuous, too, and I plan to end this piece by asking your forgiveness.
