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why do you set your novels in the USA when you are a Canadian ???

Linwood Barclay Hi Janet. Why not? No one ever asks Peter Robinson why he sets his books in the UK, or Rohinton Mistry why he sets books in India. But if you set a book in the US, that sometimes gets questioned. I was born in the US -- my parents moved to Canada as I was turning four -- and I am a dual citizen. Some of my books take place in Milford, which is a town I know very well, as my two aunts lived there, and I spent a lot of time there visiting. I think a US setting suits my stories slightly better. I like to say that many of my characters are so nasty, they couldn't possibly be Canadian anyway. And lastly, I had written seven novels before I was able to get a Canadian publisher, so for a long time, it was a case of you dance with the one what brung ya. There may be, however, a set-in-Canada book in the works...All the best, Linwood

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