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 book for guys?
He’s an anti-hero, that’s for sure. Jonathan is a product of his environment, who sees life in his own male-oriented way. Some…
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 narrative doesn’t quite ring true and who casts doubt on their honesty, but I didn’t want this to be too obvious. So I created several…
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
