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" I'm not a post-modernist. Especially when I do crime stories. "
David Grann
Stories
Crime
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" A lot of the stories I write about have an element of mystery. They're crime stories or conspiracy stories or quests. They do have built into them revelations and twists. But the revelations, to me, come from seeing history as it's unfolding, or life as it's unfolding. "
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" My mother doesn't need much sleep. At any hour of the night, you'd wake up, and she'd be reading. She'd read five, six books a week. When we went on sailing trips, she'd bring a suitcaseful for the week. Even then, her office would have to send more. "
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" I tried a few grad school programs because I didn't know how to make it... Eventually, I was desperate for a job, and there was a new newspaper opening up in Washington, D.C., called 'The Hill.' Even though my interest in politics wasn't huge, they gave me a job as a copy editor. "
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" It took me a long time to be able to write for the 'New Yorker,' and for me, that has been the best job. I live a very conventional life, but reporting for the magazine has allowed me to do things I would never otherwise do, such as investigating a criminal conspiracy in Guatemala or trekking through the Amazon looking for a lost city. "
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" I grew up around writers, and there was always a romance to them. They were charming. They would tell their stories of what they were working on, over the table. "
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" One of my favorite authors to read is Eric Ambler, who helped pioneer the form of realistic suspense novels. "
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" I look for stories everywhere. "
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" I have lots of gaps in my education, and so I'm often picking up classic books that most people read years ago. "
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" Honestly, I had no idea what to do on Twitter when I started. I didn't follow it enough. Slowly, though, I started to realize what I'm okay at. Like, I'm just not particularly witty. "
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" When I work on stories, I tend to be pretty obsessive. "
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" I don't camp; I don't hike. I hate bugs, and I'm phobic of snakes. "
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" I don't hunt, I don't camp, and I get lost on my subway to work here in Times Square! "
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