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" I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me. "

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" When I was 30 or so - by that time I had become an assistant D.A. - I decided I would try to write a novel. To be clear: I did not decide to become a novelist. Honestly, it never crossed my mind that I could actually earn a living as a professional novelist. "