I’m calling this the lost interview. It was conducted in May of 2016 and was published on September 14, 2016. I didn’t know of its publication until last week. Here it is … A Conversation with Mystery Author Terri Nolan By Lance Wright, Omnimystery News Omnimystery News: Introduce us to Birdie Keane. What is it about her that appeals to you as a writer? Terri Nolan: My protagonist is Birdie Elizabeth Keane. Her allure for me as a writer is her complexity. Birdie is a young investigative journalist who is borderline obsessive about a famous cold case she wants to solve. When the worst case scenario happens, and Birdie’s world falls apart, the professional becomes personal and we are drawn into her painful evolutional journey. We Read More
The 12
Every year I make the same New Year’s resolution: read 52 books. Just one per week. Doable right? Well, the last time I achieved this goal was 2009. I’ve heard of superspeed-reader people who read hundreds of books a year. I wish. I love to read. It’s my favorite pastime. But in this age of time restraints, I struggle with reaching 52. We do so much today that we didn’t do yesterday. The older we get, the faster the days, weeks, and years pass. The reason for this is not complicated: we have less free time. Therefore, time seems to move fast. The last time I recall being absolutely, positively, bored I was still a teenager. I remember spending an entire month at my grandmother’s house—away from my friends—hanging out on the couch Read More
Welcome Post
Welcome to my new and improved website, the official resource of all things Terri Nolan. My connection to Los Angeles is five generations deep. In my collection of photographs is one where all five on the maternal side are lined up on a sofa: Great-great Grandma Della, Great Grandpa Glenn, Grandpa Robert, Mother Margie, and me. This photo is not only a testament to longevity, but to reinvention: No one who lives deep into their 90s or past 100 has stagnant lives. I set my novels in Los Angeles not only as homage to my ancestry, but also because Los Angeles is a place that people around the world think they know; seeing what is filtered through movies, literature, music, television, celebrity, fashion, or simply the passing by on a Read More