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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

James Patterson on Women in his Writing

Suzanne's Diary for NicholasIn my last post I shared some info. about why James Patterson sometimes writes from a woman's perspective, for example, in the Women's Murder Club series and in Suzanne's Diary For Nicholas.

Just found a little more info. on this.  In an undated interview, when asked about writing from a woman's perspective, Patterson says:
"I grew up in a house full of women: my mother, grandmother, three sisters, and two female cats. And I still have the buzz of their conversations in my head. As an adult, I have more female friends than male ones: I just love the way that women talk."
Notice the similarity between this answer and the answer he gave in the video found in my previous post.  Sounds like he has been asked this question many times and now has a "standard" answer.






Sunday, January 17, 2010

The Women's Murder Club and Crime Solving [Video]

1st to Die (The Women's Murder Club)In the WPBF news interview below, James Patterson describes where his idea for the Women's Murder Club novel series came from.  This is relevant to my current research because the current focus of the research is on how the four women in the Women's Murder Club TV series do (or do not) approach crime solving differently than men do.

Patterson says in the interview: "I love the way women solve problems.  They do it differently than men.  When men get together they all come in and say 'I have the answer,' 'No, I have the answer.'  Women... are more collaborative.  And I think that makes for a very unique approach to crime solving."

"I grew up in a house full of women, mother, grandmother, three sisters, two female cats.  And that buzz still [inaudible] in my head.  So, that is how I think I got part, part of why I got writing that particular series."



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82QYH4r-_2s