Kate Morton

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Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years. But while I do, of course, now feel the pressure having had books that have been very successful, I just know I have to concentrate on writing for myself. I can't worry about genres or markets or what might be commercial or not. That never works.

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There's a market for mysteries for adults. That feeling of opening a book and delving inside and not coming out until you've closed the book.

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I simply love writing good stories, that's my passion.

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People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.

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I love the structural part of the writing process.

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In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn't realise it at the time.

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I'd pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read.

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