Interview of Mark S. Bacon, author of Death in Nostalgia City
When did you first start writing? Writing classes in high school got me started. I took journalism and wrote for the school paper and I took creative writing and had short stories published in the high school magazine. I think I was initially attracted by the mystique of being a newspaper reporter, which eventually I was. What prompted you to write Death in Nostalgia City? Many things. My main reason was to create the type of mystery/suspense novel that I like to read. Agatha Christie was my introduction to the genre and I read nearly all of her books plus many other cozy authors. Gradually, I wanted more action than the typical drawing room mystery provides and I shifted to suspense and noir novels. The mysteries I like best challenge you intellectually, but also have lots of suspense elements and action that appeal to the emotions. Raymond Chandler said he didn’t care for manor-house mysteries because the entire value of...