A Quote by Michael Robotham
I normally write in the first person, and my narrators are as real to me as any of the people I have worked with. They live and breathe in my imagination.
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I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any attention at all. Sometimes it's me, or a composite of me and other people. Sometimes it's not me at all.
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