In terms of literary success stories, Andrew Pyper is undoubtably living the dream. His first book, The Lost Girls (HarperCollins), earned him two substantial six-figure advances from international publishers and had film companies fighting over the movie rights. But this is not every writer’s experience and in his dark new novel, The Killing Circle (Doubleday), Pyper explores what a wannabe writer is willing to do to ensure his book is a bestseller.
Patrick Rush is a TV critic for the fictional National Star who joins a writing group to fulfill his lifelong dream of writing a novel. But then a series of murders begins, all of which have some connection to Patrick. Then the members of his writing circle start disappearing…
Andrew Pyper spoke to Ramona Dearing on The Sunday Edition about The Killing Circle, and about our society’s obsession with celebrity and acquiring fame overnight. Listen here to their conversation.
First aired August 17, 2008 on The Sunday Edition. [runs 29:10]
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