Australian - Writer | November 9, 1960 -
I write entertainment. There are some books you read but don't inhale. There are books that will change your life.
Michael Robotham
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I write books that will make 10 or 12 hours disappear, and hopefully they'll resonate with you for a few days, where you'll remember the characters and the story. That suits me fine; I am happy with that.
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A perfect hero is about as boring as a perfect marriage.
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I normally sleep very well, but when I do have bad dreams, they always involve my children.
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Violence is inevitable in crime novels, but there are many different ways to tell a story. I use my characters' reactions to illustrate the worst moments rather than let readers witness them at first hand.
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I'm very critical of crime novels that use gratuitous violence to shock readers when it isn't necessary. If that's all you have to offer as a writer, perhaps you're in the wrong job.
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All of my novels are seeded in real life events, and 'The Wreckage' is no different.
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Writing is what I do. It's what makes me tick.
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I wasn't always a novelist. I began my writing career as a journalist, working on an afternoon newspaper in Sydney, Australia, doing the crime beat and court reporting. Having grown up in a small country town, I felt as though I had nothing to write about.
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Journalism took me around the world. I worked in London for ten years and reported on the collapse of the Soviet Union, the troubles in Northern Ireland, and the first Gulf War.
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In the mid-nineties, I quit my job as a senior feature writer at 'The Mail' on Sunday in the U.K. and became a 'ghost writer,' collaborating with politicians, pop stars, psychologists, soldiers and sporting legends who needed help in penning their autobiographies.
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I normally write in the first person, and my narrators are as real to me as any of the people I have worked with. They live and breathe in my imagination.
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