Don't Go Growing A Conscience On Me,"

Any Writer Would Rather Dig Into Character Than Dig Into Fancy Plots.

I Think I Would Spend The First 30 Weeks Not Writing, Just Clearing My Head And Seeing Parts Of The World I Haven't Seen And Going Back To Places I Have Seen And Love.

The Chicago Way Is A Wonderful First Novel. Michael Harvey Has Studied The Masters And Put His Own Unique Touch On The Crime Novel. This Book Harkens The Arrival Of A Major New Voice.

Now I'm Writing About Contemporary Los Angeles From Memory. My Process Was To Hang Out, Observe, Research What I Was Writing About, And Almost Immediately Go Back To My Office And Write Those Sections. So It Was A Very Close Transfer Between Observation And Writing.

...it Is How A Person Goes About Quenching His Desires Or Living With Them Unrequited That The Readers Get A Glimpse Of His True Character.