As a new writer you expect to face challenges in your work – too many characters, the voices aren’t authentic and whatever happened to the plot? With disturbing frequency, a tidal wave of issues can rise to the surface, threatening to overwhelm you. But if you’re an established author, with a long list of books and testimonials to your credit, it’s easy, right? Well, that’s where you’d be wrong.
Sue Grafton, bestselling US author of the alphabet mystery series (A is for Alibi, etc) and recent winner of the Crime Writers’ Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for 2008 is certainly a veteran in the creative field. Her most recent book in the alphabet series, T is for Trespass, starring feisty PI Kinsey Millhone, was published in the UK earlier this year. Before beginning this series, Grafton worked for a number of years as a screenwriter in Hollywood and wrote several other books, some unpublished. A is for Alibi was her eighth book.
