The world of spying is my genre. My struggle is to demystify, to de-romanticise the spook world, but at the same time harness it as a good story.
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It is my writing dilemma. The world of spying is my genre. My struggle is to demystify, to de-romanticise the spook world, but at the same time harness it as a good story.
I've always had a great affection for espionage stories. I like weaving them, and I like thrillers.
I've always loved spy stories. Who can resist?
When I think of a story, somehow it just always seems to come out involving spooks and spies and government skullduggery.
I always liked spy stories.
It's a thrilling world, and people really like stories about secrets, which is the essence of a spy drama.
I began writing fiction because it was the only way to tell all the intricacies of a real-life spy story.
I love the spy genre.
Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage.
I wrote three mysteries and then a contemporary spy novel that was unbelievably derivative - completely based on 'The Conversation,' the movie with Gene Hackman. Amazingly, the character in the book looks exactly like... Gene Hackman.
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