Let Me Tell You a Story... Detective Writer Launched a Lifelong Adventure in Fiction
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I wonder what I would have thought in 1962, when I had my first book published, if someone had prophesied that my novels could be read, not by opening a book, but by pressing a key, or that the world of publishing, whose members saw their jobs as seeking out talent and spending time and money in helping it to mature, would become part of international big business and fall largely into the hands of accountants.
The 50 years since have seen immense changes in every aspect of human life, including publishing. The past is indeed another country.See the full content of this document
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Let Me Tell You a Story... Detective Writer Launched a Lifelong Adventure in Fiction
I knew from early childhood that I wanted to be a writer and began, as many must, by telling stories to my younger sister and brother in the nursery, Monica beside me in the double bed and Edward in his narrow cot against the wall.
Then, at seven,...See the full content of this document
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