And of course, I knew some of the imprints because I wasn’t stupid. And so what she had was a list of the editors and the imprints that did the agencies. So I had, in essence, eliminated two big, huge unknowns. I knew all the politics going on at the time. So I knew the Regency period backwards and forwards. And I had been raised region Georgia hair who started the Regency genre. And at that time, I just had the sense that if you’re going to do something brand new like write a freaking book, you want to know some stuff going in.Īnd my master’s degree is an early European 19th century with an emphasis on England. Now, what she had that, of course, I had no idea about was this was a Regency romance. But she read it and she said, let’s go for it. And, oh, I couldn’t believe what she looked like. But what he gave me was the name of a freelance editor, and she was also a model. And so I said, Well, I’ve written a book, and I’m sure he wanted to pat me on the head because as I have learned over the years, everybody either wants to write a book or can write a book or is writing a book. I started writing, and when it was done, I remember on the A train, which is the express train from 14th down to Wall Street, I had met a guy I don’t remember what he did at William Morrow, but he was up there. And actually, that was the first and last book that he and I applauded together. And he managed to trade out time and take the next weekend off.Īnd he and I plotted the first book. And I’ll never forget one night, and I don’t remember the book, but I threw the book across the room and said, I can do better, and went in and told my husband, and he said, well, yeah, let’s go for it. And I was reading probably ten to 15 books a week. And what happened was I was a speechwriter on Wall Street, and my husband was in medical school, up at Presbyterian Medical School, and I’d seem like 30 minutes a night over spaghetti, which was what I really cooked well. This was before the beginning of any of the writer organizations, so again, it was just a matter of ignorance. And this was when New York publishing was the center of the universe, literally in the world and nobody knew nothing. Well, you know, I’m an elder and I started my first book came out at the end of 1978. That’s a whole oodle number of birds and I just don’t like to think about it. So how did you get started in this business and writing that first novel? We’ll get all to that in here in a moment, but first, welcome up to the podcast, Catherine.
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And on the podcast today, I have Catherine Coulter who is a number one New York Times best selling author of 89 novels, including her FBI suspense thriller series. This is Alan with meet the thriller author. Please note, I create this transcript using automated software, not a human, and it’s only lightly edited by a human… me!Īll right, here is my interview with Catherine Coulter.