Jane Haddam
Jane Haddam
Orania Papazoglou, better known by her pen name Jane Haddam, is an American mystery writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
book character people
I tend to come up with people more than situations - most of my books start with a character.
confused history people
People always seemed to know half of history, and to get it confused with the other half.
husband hate care
My husband used to take care of the business part of this, and after he died I found I wasn't really any good at it. I hate remembering who owes me what and bugging them if they haven't paid me.
writing reformation
I'd like to write a history, maybe of the Reformation.
hate book lasts
I really hate those books where the murderer turns out to be somebody you never heard of who pops up in the last chapter.
art years editors
I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to be the art director of Discover for many years.
teacher college editors
I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines.
fighting advice half
Listen to advice. You don't know how many writer's conferences I've taught at where at least half the audience fights all the conventions of the field.
new-york thinking cities
The Internet makes it possible for people like me to live the way I do now. Without it, I'd have to be in New York or some other city. I think the Internet is the greatest invention in history after antibiotics.
education training sake
Knowledge pursued for its own sake - that's the definition of education, as opposed to training.
school son schedules
I don't make my own schedule - it's constructed around my sons' school schedules.
real real-life being-real
Nobody in real life ever takes me seriously.
opposites nuggets littles
Everybody is a True Believer. Everybody has a little nugget they're convinced of that is the opposite of the nugget on the other side. And they're convinced it's fact.
way action problem
If there is no way out, the best course of action is to find a way further in.