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Killer Thriller TV: The Money Kill, Travel And Family With Katia Lief and J.F.Penn

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Channel: The Creative Penn · 2013 · Education

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Bestselling thriller author Katia Lief http://www.KatiaLief.com in discussion with J.F.Penn http://www.JFPenn.com . We talk about The Money Kill, Katia's travels and how her love of family shapes her novels as well as her writing life and book recommendations

    Katia talks about her writing history and how her teaching continues to inspire her

    We discuss 'The Money Kill', where private investigators Karin and Mac take on a case of infidelity in New York, only to find the trouble follows them to the island of Sardinia where their family is threatened. Katia's books often start off on a small scale of suspense, building up to a large scale thriller adventure.

    Katia talks about her travels and how she incorporates that into her books. She spent two weeks in Sardinia as part of her research and often travels with her family, extending research into fun. Her #1 inspirational place in the world is still Brooklyn and New York, and explains the impact living there has had on her life and how it informs her work.

    The parallels between Karin's life and Katia's. How family means everything and threat to family is a key theme in the books. Katia writes Karin in the 1st person and many of her personal thoughts are expressed in the books, but they are also different in many ways e.g. Karin is a risk-lover and great at self-defense.

    Katia's writing life and routine. She's takes her time getting started but once she's at her desk, she works for hours with focus.

    money killKatia talks about what she likes to read, recommending Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn as well as Patricia Highsmith, John Fowles' The Collector and Lolita by Nabokov

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