Q and A Part One -Pauline Rowson under the spotlight
Pauline Rowson answers Twenty Questions - Part One
Walking
the coastal paths of the Isle of Wight and around Langstone, Chichester and
Portsmouth Harbours where my crime novels are set.
Where
I live now in the Solent area of the UK; it’s vibrant, diverse, and in turn
both beautiful and ugly but most of all it’s full of characters and a rich
source of ideas for crime novels.
3. What are you most scared of?
Failure. But how you determine failure is another
matter.
4. Which book do you wish you’d written?
Still
trying to write it.
5. How did you find your first
agent?
I
didn’t because I don’t have one.
Crime
novels, although I don’t feel guilty. I particularly love the Golden Age of
Crime from Christie to Simenon and many in between.
7. What are you most proud of?
My
marriage.
8. What is the worst job you’ve ever
had?
I’ve
loved every job I’ve had, working in a shoe shop, a factory, as an usherette in
a cinema, in a benefit officer, as a marketing manager and running my own marketing
company before becoming a full time writer.
And I love that to. When I stop loving the job I stop doing it. I’ve met
some fascinating people and I’ve heard some great stories, all fodder for crime
novels.
9. Which of your characters would
you most like to have a pint with in real life, and why?
Without
doubt Andy Horton, my DI. He’s fair, fit, flawed and almost forty. He lives on
his yacht and rides a Harley. I’d forgo the pint although a glass of white wine
would be nice but I’d settle for a sail on his yacht or a ride on the back of
his Harley.
10. Which character of someone else’s would you most
like to have a pint with, and why?
Raymond
Chandler’s Philip Marlow for his one liners, intrigue, mystery and moodiness.
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