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Goodreads asked Chris Bathory:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Chris Bathory That is an interesting question. The biggest mystery of my life so far is, how the heck did I get to be so old, so quickly? Since that would be the world's most boring storyline, I decided to write about mysteries that I come across in other people's lives instead.

Other people are so much more interesting, don't you think?

Everything about a stranger is a mystery, and mysteries are revealed in pieces. You peel back layers of a personality, one at a time to see what's inside, and the results can be stimulating, invigorating, or even horrifying.

It's like discovering something new to wear in your closet each morning. I am always amazed at how multi-faceted each of us is, in our own unique ways.

So, I guess the mysteries in my life that provide good plots, are the people I meet.

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