On Monday, January 21st at 10 p.m. ET, bestselling crime fiction writer Jonathan Kellerman will reveal his favorite true crime story on Tru TV's series "Murder By The Book." Find out how forensic study and good old-fashioned detective work helped solve this shocking case!
In the meantime, Gather is interviewing Mr. Kellerman. If there is something you would like to ask this talented author about his writing, books, or the Tru TV series, please leave a question in the comment thread below and I will do my best to pass it along.
You can also read Gather member Elsie Duggan's interview with Mr. Kellerman's wife, best selling crime fiction writer Faye Kellerman here
JONATHAN KELLERMAN
Like his fictional protagonist, Alex Delaware, Jonathan Kellerman began his career as a psychologist, specializing in the treatment of children. Kellerman's first published book was a medical text in 1980. He published his first novel, WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS, in 1985. The book quickly became a New York Times bestseller and won the Edgar Allan Poe Award. Since then, Kellerman has published a bestselling crime novel every year, and occasionally, two a year. Last year, Kellerman's novel OBSESSION debuted at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list and his #1 bestseller GONE has been released in paperback.
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Thanks :)
Yet I might ask one..
Who insipered you in writing crime stories? How did it effect you?
I've always been fascinated with what makes people tick, what makes them do what they do. Dark minds, criminal minds have their own attraction. Was it his interest in psychology that spurred his desire to write fictional stories? Or was it simply a genre he enjoyed reading and so chose to write?
Did he find it tough to break into fictional writing field after being published in his profession? Were his professional credentials a help in being taken seriously as a writer?
I know he and Faye have worked with each other writing books, but does he and Jesse (his son) plan any joint ventures? Since Jesse is a playwright, are they considering developing any of Jon's work onto the screen?
Congratulations to Jonathan Kellerman on number 22 of Alex Deleware Series.
How much forensic research goes into your work?
Do you have a routine when you write, or do you write when the inspiration strikes you?
I would like to know what influences Mr Kellerman in deciding what his next book will be about. Whether he is influenced by what he reads or sees on the news or by personal experiences? And how he gets the ideas for the charachters which are in his stories.
Thank you for the opportunity.
Thanks Judi and Jonathon Kellerman!
you know what I mean. :)
I'm interested in how much of his plots are outlined in detail before he starts writing. Does he know the end before he starts?
Wish you the best Judi always.
I am a fan of JK and my favorite book of his was published long ago: The Butcher's Theater.
If folks have not read that one - READ IT ASAP!! :o)
I am also a fan of YOURS Judi (as you know altho I never hear from you) so THANK YOU for doing this.
Great stuff!
Would you like the challenge of starting with new characters for each book?
Did your publisher suggest you write a series?
Is writing a series something you planned to do from the beginning, or did you just fall into it?
Do you feel constrained by writing a series?
Do you feel as if your fans would desert you if you wrote something different?
Would you have problems with your publisher if you did?
Is your life so intertwined with your characters that living without them would be unthinkable?
Would you rather have done a series of trilogies, perhaps, which would give you the best of both worlds -- fully developing your characters, and also starting with a new set?
Milo and Robin are two of my favorite characters (other than Alex - of course) in the Alex Delaware series. My question: How did these two characters evolve for you?
Z'
Also, on a far different note, I read about the thyroid issue and wondered if you'd share info with people here about how that affected your writing or perspective, if it did? Or you could simply note a good site for people to up their learning curve on symptoms.
Thanks for the great reads,
L. De