Author Interviews

INTERVIEWS

In this section we include interviews with mystery authors. As you can see they all follow the same kind of path: a first part that underlines the difficulties at being what they are; a second part that is different from author to author; and a third with questions through which one get a better understanding of the person behind the books. (click on the quote to read the interview)

	ELSIE (LC) HAYDEN	"Women love to read mysteries, and it's my understanding that women prefer mysteries written by other women".
	AILEEN SCHUMACHER	"Many mysteries today, in my opinion, have all the attributes of what passes for literary fiction".
	JOAN HALL HOVEY	"It’s not difficult to be a writer if you have a love of writing. Which is not to say it isn’t hard work. It is. What is difficult is trying to make a decent living by the written word".
	PAULA BOYD	"Writing is what keeps me sane. It does not - yet - however, pay any bills".
	LOUISE CRAWFORD	"...most people perceive that epublished books are self-published books - and they are not. Editing your own work, in my experience, is incredibly difficult, and having the benefit of an editor, very important".
	RON ELLIS	"Luck can get you there but you also need self promotion to get you noticed. Persistence is vital, talent without persistence means nothing. Never give up and the lucky break will come but, remember, only talent will keep you there".
	MASSIMO CARLOTTO	"Noir fiction has become an extraordinary tool for the analysis of reality and readers have understood this".