Lauren Miller

Writing is such a weird emotional thing. It's hard. If you sit down with a plan to write something, it's going to be harder.

Losing a parent over eight years is a very dark journey. I spent the first four years feeling bad and angry and sorry for myself.

After leaving ImageMovers, I sold two pitches to Fox Atomic, which I then wrote for them.

I was only a bridesmaid for my sister, and it was very calm and small, so I didn't have any tragedy.

They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.