How NY Times Bestselling Author Lisa Scottoline Writes

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New York Times bestselling author and Edgar award-winner, Lisa Scottoline, spoke with me about what she learned from literary lion Philip Roth, impostor syndrome, and her latest book, Eternal.

“I think all writing is writing, and all writing is good. And whether it gets published or not, it all ... makes you better.” – Lisa Scottoline

Lisa is a #1 bestselling author of 33 novels. She's gone from law school standout to writing chart-topping legal thrillers over the course of her prolific career, has sold over 30 million copies of her books in the US, and been published in 35 countries.

Her latest is Eternal and her first historical novel, a departure that she calls the culmination of her life's work. It's described as "... a sweeping and shattering epic of historical fiction fueled by shocking true events."

“[Her] expansive WWII-era historical novel follows three childhood best friends as love, loyalty and sacrifice mix and their beloved Rome falls to the Nazis.” – GMA

Lisa also writes a weekly humor column with her daughter, Francesca Serritella, for the Philadelphia Inquirer, which have been adapted into a series of memoirs.
She has served as President of the Mystery Writers of America and has taught a course she developed, “Justice in Fiction,” at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, her alma mater.

Stay tuned after the interview for a sample of the audiobook excerpted courtesy of Penguin Random House Audio read by Cassandra Campbell.

Stay calm and write on ...

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If you’re a fan of The Writer Files, please "Follow" us to automatically see new interviews. In this file Lisa Scottoline and I also discussed:

• Her favorite rejection letter
• Why writers just need to "get it down, then get it good"
• How the identity of a writer changes over the years
• Her unique research process
• Why your sentences need to justify themselves
• And more!

Show Notes:

• Scottoline.com
• Eternal by Lisa Scottoline [Amazon]
• Survival In Auschwitz : If This Is a Man by Primo Levi [Amazon]
• The Writer's Brain on Impostor Syndrome
• Lisa Scottoline on Facebook
• Lisa Scottoline on Instagram
• Lisa Scottoline on Twitter
• Kelton Reid on Twitter

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