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J.P. Hansen

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Born

in Sturgeon Bay, Door County, WI, The United States

Website

http://www.jphansenediting.com

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

Influences

Herman Melville, Raymond Chandler, Sue Grafton, Agatha Christie, [auth ...more

Member Since

September 2011

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Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin: I grew up during the 1970's a mile from the home of pro football's Packers. Perhaps my clipped, efficient style owes something to the no-nonsense practicality of so many residents. I can't imagine setting a work anywhere but in a climate that goes white and almost dormant for three to four months a year. And the people: a typical GB person exhibits a profound normality in public, but once you scratch beneath the surface you find a quiet, luscious eccentricity. The disparity fascinates me; perhaps my characters come, in part, from growing up around this secret complexity.

After decades of writing journalism and literary fiction, in the summer of 2011 I dreamed up the character of The Vanilla Lawyer, from M ...more

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Guest Post by Nancy Parker

How Music Affects My Writing

I am a writer. That’s my job, my passion, my hobby. I love
to write. Ideally, I’d be able to write in serene silence. Unfortunately,
silence is a rare and elusive nymph. I must counter the idea-interrupting chaos
with music. Frequently, that music is instrumental because I have the bad habit
of accidently sprinkling my writing with lyrics. But that’s another issue.

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Vanilla Lawyer in the Mayhem Blues (Vanilla Lawyer, #1)

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