![]() ![]() That’s a hard question to answer! One of my absolute favorites in the thriller genre is The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris. ![]() ![]() Steven Pinker’s The Better Angels of our Nature.ģ) Do you have a personal favorite book of all time? If so, can you share it and tell us why? Hostage Taker was great fun to write – and I hope readers will enjoy it! Where as a writer, I could blend my love of this city’s history with my desire to write a page-turner of a contemporary thriller. Where the only hope would be FBI agent Eve Rossi and her unconventional team of ex-convicts-a secret unit with extraordinary talents, oversized egos, and contempt for the rules. I looked at the chaos and upheaval, and beganto think: what if … ? Those what ifs built upon one another until I conceived a story where the fates of a beloved landmark and an unknown number of hostages were at stake. The idea for the novel came to me shortly after Saint Patrick’s Cathedral began its massive renovation project-and I first saw the Cathedral buried in scaffolding. Hostage Taker represents a new direction for me – specifically a change of genre and time-period. She was kind enough to come to the Columbus Ave store to sign some copies AND fill out our Q&A! Come grab your signed copy while we still have them, and check out the Q&A below.ġ) How did you come to write Hostage Taker? Stefanie Pintoff's book, Hostage Taker came out earlier this month. ![]()
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