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As a child, I would demand that visitors to our house tell me a story. I was intensely interested in everything - still am.

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In the 1970s, I used to buy opals and moonstones at the Queen Victoria Market, which were seen as old-fashioned and too heavy at the time.

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I remember talking to John Mortimer, and he said he was relying on Rumpole to keep him in his old age; well, I'm doing the same with Phryne - she's my mainstay.

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A publisher saw one of my historical novels and thought I would write an admirable detective story, so she offered me a two-book contract, and I grabbed it.

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I have been reading crime books ever since I was a child, but I had never tried to write one.

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When I first started writing the books in the 1980s, all of the female detectives were flawed in some way because they were based on noir characters.

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I like writing books. I really love words. I love to read.

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I research every possible bit of information I can find. Then I use about a tenth of it. But I have to know all the information first; otherwise, I'm not going to convince myself, and if I can't convince myself, then I'm not going to convince the reader.

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There are only so many stories in the world... Duplication of plots is bound to happen because most writers have read very extensively in their genre and have become aware they are adding an extra layer to the meta-narrative, finding a new spin on the original.

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Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Author

Born: June 17th, 1954

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