10 Questions: Alafair Burke
Alafair Burke introduces a new character to the crime fiction world this week, when New York City detective Ellie Hatcher makes her debut in the excellent Dead Connection. (Review)
Alafair took a little time out of her schedule of law professor and up-and-coming crime writer to answer 10 questions for Material Witness.
Favourite author: I'm going to be sappy here, but I guess I have to say James Lee Burke. Blood and all that.
Favourite book: In the contemporary crime genre, I'll
go with
Favourite character: Jack Reacher
Best book read in 2007: No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
(forthcoming)
Best crime city:
Best film adaptation: Silence of the Lambs
Book that gave you the thriller bug: From the Mixed Up Files
of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by EL Konigsburg
Author to watch: Michael Koryta
What you snack on while writing: Baby carrots when I'm
good. Jelly bellies when I'm bad.
Who would play Alafair Burke in a film of your life: Why, Scarlett Johansson, of course!
That's funny, Peter James said Scarlett J also. Is that what they all say?
Posted by: Maxine | June 21, 2007 at 09:22 PM