Today, I would like to welcome author Kathleen Hewtson to the blog. She likes to take true stories and then twist them into another version of the truth, or a sort of fiction. Find out more about her true crime fiction and her love of chocolate.
What
was the inspiration behind 'The Night My Husband Killed Me'?
It
began with the murder of Natalie Wood, I mean my twenty year lifetime
skepticism about the murder of Natalie Wood, I wasn’t sure there
was a book in it but then I met the wonderful Roger Smith the hero
coastguard captain who pulled her out and then well yeah I knew I had
a book and the other three ladies had always been on my radar so in
they went.
How difficult was the research for this book?
Horrendous, amongst other
crazy things I did to hunt down new evidence on these stories I spent
6 hours in the Pacific ocean in November in a down coat and a flannel
nightgown replicating Natalie's last hours, regarding the other three
I was given diaries etc so I didn’t go quite that far!
If you could turn this into a TV miniseries or a movie, which actors would you like to see in the different roles?
If you could turn this into a TV miniseries or a movie, which actors would you like to see in the different roles?
OMG, where do I begin,
well for starters I’d like to see Pee Wee Herman play the role of
one of the men on the yacht the Splendour the night Natalie
died.
What are some other famous cases you have turned into novels?
What are some other famous cases you have turned into novels?
I wrote about Casey Anthony and also about a famous American
heiress as well as the Earl of Lucan, rich people who go nuts and
commit crimes is a strange hobby I’ll admit but stamp collecting is
boring.
Any others in the works?
Any others in the works?
I may put out The Night my
Wife Killed Me based on Kissel, Broderick, and Ammon, in June my book
The Night my Mother killed me based very closely on Casey Anthony
will be out.
What do you think of the famous phrase, "Truth is stranger than fiction," especially as it pertains to your own writing?
What do you think of the famous phrase, "Truth is stranger than fiction," especially as it pertains to your own writing?
In a word, oh hell yeah, there is nothing in fiction that
even comes close to human behavior, heck if there weren’t real
humans to base things on and in most cases tamp down a little there
would be no fiction.
Do you like to read true crime? If yes, what are some of your favorites?
Do you like to read true crime? If yes, what are some of your favorites?
Anne Rule, Joe McGinnis, Truman
Capote, Stacey Danson, I know I’m missing many many great writers
and I feel bad about that because I’ve read and enjoyed so much
true crime but right now with not enough chocolate in my system these
are the ones that come to mind.
What do you like to do when you aren't writing?
What do you like to do when you aren't writing?
See
above, in that I like to participate in activities that are chocolate
related, oh and reading-anything and everything
What is something readers may be surprised to learn about you?
What is something readers may be surprised to learn about you?
I
color my roots and that I plan to become a 900 pound alcoholic
shortly, it’s not a very attractive ambition but it’s
mine!
Anything else you would like to add?
Anything else you would like to add?
I
like to receive cake recipes by email.
Thanks for your
time!
About
the Author
Kathleen Hewtson lives and
writes in San Francisco California, her writing focuses on actual
cases which she then takes and makes into books about how it might
have happened. This is her fifth novel.
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