Six Mile Store started life a long time before I got around to actually writing it - over twenty years before, in fact, in a dusty little store sitting at a crossroads in rural Arkansas.

When Larry and Rosemary started writing together decades ago, they hadn’t even considered writing mysteries—until they vis­ited Rosemary’s father, Dr. Saul K. Pollack, a prominent psycho­analyst in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

My debut novel Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests started life many years before I got down to the business of actually writing it.

I was scrolling on Facebook when I saw a post from a parent of a former student of mine.

The inspiration for The Meaning of the Murder stems from one of the most pivotal and haunting moments of my life: 9/11.

Writers are often asked why they decided to write their book, and usually the answer is simple: a deep, frustrating need to explore the world through words.