Alison Gaylin's latest novel is Never Look Back.From her Q&A with Deborah Kalb:
Q: Why did you decide to base your new novel on the Charles Starkweather murders?Learn more about the book and author at Alison Gaylin's website.
A: The Charles Starkweather murders of the 1950s have always fascinated me. Badlands, which was based on the murders, is one of my favorite movies.
But the more I've read about the real-life story, the more fascinated I've been with Caril Ann Fugate, who accompanied him on the spree and was just 14 at the time.
From the accounts I've seen, it seems pretty clear that she was a kidnapping victim. He'd murdered her entire family before taking Caril on the road with him, yet when Starkweather was captured, she was tried and convicted as an accomplice. I've long wanted to...[read on]
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