Ask the Author: Lara Bazelon
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Lara Bazelon
Thank you for asking, Pamela! I think Abby will be back.
Lara Bazelon
A trial that took place in federal court in Los Angeles in the early 2000s.
Lara Bazelon
My second novel.
Lara Bazelon
I try to talk it through with a trusted friend and force myself to sit down in front of my computer even if nothing comes out.
Lara Bazelon
Nineteenth century England.
Lara Bazelon
My work as a criminal defense lawyer and a law professor gives me inspiration because the work I do is at the heart of fundamental life questions: what does it mean to be guilty? to be innocent? to be treated fairly? how do race and class and gender play out in the courtroom? What is justice?
Lara Bazelon
Prepare for rejection. Massive amounts of rejection. And heartbreak. Then pick yourself back up and keep going.
Lara Bazelon
Living in the minds of your characters. It is a strange and wonderful escape to be someone else.
Lara Bazelon
Right now I am reading The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley. It is a thriller set in Scotland told from varying perspectives in short tight chapters. The characters are well to do Oxford grads in their thirties living in London who get together for a New Years Eve vacation. They all have secrets and one of them ends up dead. (Not a spoiler, the death happens at the beginning).
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