In 2012, I met Brett Clibbery in a Starbucks in Thunder Bay, while travelling across the country with my son Tristan. I blogged about him, and that account is in…
The male narrator in Bird on a Wire is a misogynist who has little respect for women. He can be a little hard to take at times. Is this a…
Bird on a Wire is written in the first person throughout, with several different narrators. Why did you take this approach?
I wanted to have an unreliable narrator, somebody whose…
The first version of Bird on a Wire was very different from the final version. How come?
When I wrote the first version, I just wanted to create a cheerful story that somebody could enjoy reading on an airplane and then finish up on a beach. It was to be a nice, engaging novel that my aunt could appreciate, with no bad language and a happy ending. I sent the manuscript to my agent and she hated it. I also gave that manuscript to my aunt and she told me she wanted a tighter, darker, more conflicted storyline. I can
How did you come to write Bird on a Wire?
I was driving to the airport before dawn in late February of 2020 when I heard a story on the radio about a lottery. For some reason, the statement “When Jonathan won the lottery, he through all hisLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci…
With Lorraine Sommerfeld and Toronto Police Const. Clinton Stibbe
Had a great time last night as a guest on the Rogers TV show Lemon-Aid, with host Lorraine Sommerfeld. That's the friendly…