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'Solomon Creed' is a man who knows everything about everything but nothing about himself and is on a journey of redemption to try and reclaim his identity.

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Quest stories are about the oldest form of narrative there is, and they're also the perfect metaphor for life because we're all on a journey trying to figure out where we're going and who we are. 'Solomon Creed' is just doing it with more danger and guns involved.

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I love that I can work from home and take my kids to school every day.

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One of the things that made me try writing novels was I could take time off to be with the kids. That's the practical side of what I love about the writing life.

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I love researching all sorts of weird stuff. I always say, 'God help me if the FBI came across my Internet search history.'

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'Sanctus' was done on speculation. I had no agent or publisher. I was being sensible, I suppose, by writing a standalone novel. I figured if that one didn't work, no one would be interested in reading a sequel.

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Epic stories, especially 'quest narratives' like 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey,' are brilliant structures for storytelling. The quest lends itself to episodic storytelling.

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I love Westerns. They're a unique creation of American mythology.

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I wrote 'The Searcher' because I love westerns, and they've fallen out of fashion.

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I figured if I write a modern thriller but spliced in the DNA of a classic western - the drifter who comes into town with secrets - I could do something interesting with both genres. Westerns are also an incarnation of the classic knight errant tale, the lone warrior with a moral code, and I love those types of stories.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Writer

Born: February 29th, 1968

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