Tommy Phillips
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Erik Larson:
Mr. Larsen, I became an instant fan after _Devil_In_The_White_City_, and have read several of your other works. I have noticed that real historical events don't always cooperate by fitting into a novel-like plot. How much effort do you spend looking for just the right set of characters in a situation, so the story can to build to a satisfying finish?
Erik Larson
Characters and detail are everything. If you don't have both, you don't have a book. At least not a nonfiction book. And Devil, like my other books, is wholly nonfiction--as unbelievable as some of the details may be.
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