Most people don’t have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines to get their books reviewed.
I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that’s how VI came to life.
I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that girls would not have a life outside the home, so educating them was a waste of time.
It took me nine months to write 60 pages. It was very frustrating.
Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel.
I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I’ve found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes.
I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that girls would not have a life outside the home, so educating them was a waste of time.
The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon.
My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework.
You get weird and unsettling behaviour in the country.
