Ricki Morell interviews Pulitzer winner Geraldine Brooks on how coming from journalism helps her in fiction: "I think being a journalist instills the great fear in you of the reader not turning past the jump. Understanding that the easiest thing for a reader to do is stop reading is something that my wonderful newspaper editors instilled in me. That is very useful for keeping the narrative flowing and respecting the fact that there are many demands on a reader’s attention."
November 1, 2015