Mary Higgins Clark Tribute
SE Hinton was the author who first made me want to write, but once I became an adult, Mary Higgins Clark was the author who made me want to become published. I devoured her books, one right after another, to the point where I began to see the structure, her technique. I studied the way she surprised the reader, how she could end a chapter in a way that compelled me to turn the page. Her stories taught me how to use tension, suspense, and pacing. I admired how she stayed true to the stories she loved, and also true to herself. I began writing adult women’s suspense because of Mary Higgins...
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