Mark Kloss
Mark Kloss asked Dale E. Lehman:

What sparked your interest in writing crime novels?

Dale E. Lehman I've always been interested in mysteries. When I was in junior high (I think) I owned a book called "Two-Minute Mysteries" which were very short stories that all hinged on a cleverly concealed clue. The detective solved the case, and the reader was asked, "How did he know?" I watched various mystery series on TV, including "Columbo" and the PBS "Mystery" series. I also read into Sherlock Holmes, various of Agatha Christie's works, and a number of more recent mystery authors.

So it's fairly natural for me to write crime stories. I'm not sure exactly when I started. I used to write almost exclusively science fiction, but I probably wrote some that would be considered SF/mystery stories. My first attempt at a novel was a mystery, sometime in the mid-1990s, but it came out rather short. The novels I wrote before my 10-year hiatus were all over the place: SF, fantasy, mystery, and SF/mystery. My Howard County Mystery series kickstarted my fiction efforts.

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