Miker, I guess I have a tendency to write about the underdog,
pointed out by reviewers. Anyway, a professsional or regular
criminal wouldn't interest me. Kids have always interested me
which was pointed out by the young adult writer Louise
Fitzhugh who suggested I look into the YA field.
I travelled a lot to Europe as a youngster with my family.
The last time was 1937 in Berlin, very traumatic. I had an
uncle in the SS. Then I visited Europe a lot in the early
50's, just trips with friends. In the nineties I spent a few
weeks for several years in the Languadoc region, France. We'd
rent a house, use it as a base, and hike the trails of
surrounding towns...I like Europe but I was right not to want
to live there just as I was beginning to establish myself in
NYC. Also I have no facility for language as Highsmith did.
Veryfrustrating to feel deaf and dumb in a strange
place.
My Packers are all out of print except Cleis Press is
bringing back Spring Fire. My interest as a youngster was
always in crime, but I got the reputation as a lesbian pulp
writer somehow, though I wrote far more suspense books as
Packer.
Cheers! mm
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