Thursday
brings us answers to another question submitted by you! This week’s winner is Deana.
She asks: “What made you decide to write in the mystery/suspense genre?”
For
submitting her question, Deana won a ONE HOLY NIGHT by J.M. Hochstetler!
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book by one of today’s top suspense/mystery writers – or a gift certificate to
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I
love cozy mysteries and I'd read everything Agatha Christie had written, so I
decided to write something I'd like to read. It turned out to be fun! (Though
it can be hard work, too.)
E.E.
Kennedy
I've
always read widely but any genre I've read needs to also have
Elizabeth
Goddard
I’ve
read in that genre for decades. After my first few unsuccessful attempts to
respond to my friends who said, “Gee, you ought to write a novel,” I finally
got it—I needed to write the novel I’d enjoy reading myself. So I embraced
medical suspense, and the rest—as they say—is history.
Richard
Mabry
As
a huge fan of Nancy Drew when I was young, there really wasn't any other avenue
that made sense to me. Even my genres that aren't
Cynthia Hickey (Melton)
I could say all of the above to the answers of the others.
I grew up on Trixie Belden mysteries. I inhaled Phyllis A. Whitney novels, romance and mystery with the heroine in peril. Add to that my collection of TV programs: Perry Mason, NCIS, Murder She Wrote, Ellery Queen, etc.
It was only natural that I write in that genre, since it's the one in which I dwell so much!
Marji
Laine
I
grew up loving mystery. Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys were my favorite books.
As I got older, I moved on to Agatha Christie
Nancy
Mehl
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