89. Read more mysteries
My great friend and editor Kathy Eimers, to whom I first dedicated this book, and later married, has always been a devoted reader of mystery novels. When I first met her, I thought, How curious that someone so intelligent would be reading mystery novels all the time.
It was especially interesting to me because Kathy is one of the most literate people I’ve ever met, a quick thinker and a skilled professional writer and editor. Her editing of my books was the one thing, in my opinion, that gave them the sparkle that people said they enjoyed.
In my own ignorance, I assumed mystery novels were pretty light fare, and hardly a challenge to the human mind. But I changed my mind. Not only have I peeked into some of the mystery ...
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