Thursday, November 11, 2021

Q&A with Lori Rader-Day

From my Q&A with Lori Rader-Day, author of Death at Greenway: A Novel:
How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?

So much work! I had a slightly different title for it, but my publisher suggested this one because it was shorter. It also sounds like an Agatha Christie novel, doesn’t it? It’s not, but because Death at Greenway is set at Agatha Christie’s house and features cameos from the author, it makes sense to strike that tone. The word Greenway absolutely had to be in the title; that was advice given to me by Sophie Hannah, who writes the Poirot continuation novels for the Christie estate.

What's in a name?

There are two Bridget Kellys in Death at Greenway. When the second Bridget arrives on the scene...[read on]
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Q&A with Lori Rader-Day.

--Marshal Zeringue