When did you first start writing?
When I was young I enjoyed writing poetry and lyrics. Later I wrote love letters for my friends and have always had a knack fabricating a style to meet the need in the numerous occupations I have enjoyed. It was not until my mid forties that, when I could not find a brilliant detective story to lose myself in, I wrote the novel I had always wanted to read.
Who infuenced Malcolm?
As I have said and will continue to say, I have, to the best of my knowledge, never met, interviewed or befriended a serial killer. Malcolm is who I imagine to be the proper serial killer.
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