Q & A with Mark Richardson – Part 6
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...
Q & A with Mark Richardson – Part 3
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...
Q & A with Mark Richardson – Part 2
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...
Q & A with Mark Richardson – Part 1
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...