Q. Why did you write The Camelot Conspiracy about President John F. Kennedy? Diane studied the JFK assassination in college, reading the Warren Commission report and always believing there were unanswered questions and flawed conclusions about Lee Harvey Oswald being the lone shooter. David worked as an investigative aid at the Chicago FBI office while in college. On the night of November 22, 1963, he received a telephone call from FBI Dallas with an urgent request to identify the purchaser of the murder weapon at Kleins’ Sporting Goods in Chicago. Thus, began his interest in the unsolved mystery. Because Americans remain fascinated with what happened to John F. Kennedy, we both felt it was time to revisit the facts.
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Q. Are your novels in the Justice Series sequels or can they be read in any order? Each of the three books, Facing Justice, Confirming Justice, and The Camelot Conspiracy are stand alone books so readers can enjoy them in any order. However, to know everything in the characters’ lives as events unfold, we recommend starting with Facing Justice, then Confirming Justice and finish with The Camelot Conspiracy.
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Q. Do you have prior knowledge of any impending conflicts or access to other secrets? In our novel Facing Justice, Emile Jubayl was suspected of raising support for Hezbollah and traveled to his birth place in Bint Jubayl, Lebanon. Soon after, Israel was fighting Hezbollah in Bint Jubayl.
Don't forget, we do write fiction. In doing so, we travel much for research, watch and listen, and have knowledge and intuition about how things work. Let's just say, we hope we are at the top of our game.
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Q. You both have had careers in the Justice system. Are the stories in your novels, autobiographical? Many things in our books have happened to either of us, while some have happened to our associates or others. Remember, facts, names, and situations have been fictionalized to protect everyone’s privacy. Suffice it to say, our careers provide us with much fodder for fiction.
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Q. My friend said she saw you both speak and found it interesting. Do you do other speaking engagements or address book clubs?
As we divide our time between writing and promoting our writing, we do try to make time for such events. We’ve had the privilege to do so over the past months and will consider any requests for same. If is not always practicable to meet with book clubs in person, we are available to meet by phone conference. Modern technology is wonderful! [back to top]
Q. How did you begin writing suspense thrillers?
The law is fascinating. It can make a difference in one person’s life, which can change a neighborhood, a town, a country. Both of us have written extensively in our careers. In Diane’s legal briefs, she strove to make case law come alive to the facts of a case. David’s reports of investigations, the basis for his testimony before the judge and jury, had to be precise. When we helped develop policy for communities to handle youth gangs or memoranda on how our government should encourage enemies to defect, we were creative. Of course, we could be eloquent when seeking a pay raise, award, or promotion!
With David’s experiences as an agent, friends encouraged him to write down his interesting stories. Through the years, we’ve read many books in the genre, including John Grisham, Robert Whitlow, David Baldacci and others. After Diane began genealogy research of her ancestor’s emigration from Europe, she was moved to write a historical fiction based in Europe. Publishers encouraged her write a novel related to her and David’s careers, which birthed our collaboration on Facing Justice. [back to top]
Q. How do you write together?
David likes to tell readers that our system is foolproof. Diane starts at the beginning, while David starts at the end. He writes backwards and when we reach the middle, we now we are finished! Truthfully, it is a joy for us as husband and wife to research, outline and then start a suspenseful story that can impact people’s lives for the better.
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