Jo Baker's latest novel is The Body Lies.From her Q&A with Deborah Kalb:
Q: How did you come up with the idea for The Body Lies?--Marshal Zeringue
A: I kept encountering dead female bodies, both in drama and fiction.
Alongside that, I became alert to the way that violence against women was being used as a cheap plot device – a means of getting a story rolling – while vital issues and real human experiences were being ignored. I kept seeing violence against women being eroticized, both in fiction and on screen.
And that, frankly, gives me hives; it makes me want to spit. Who exactly is that for? I wanted to...[read on]