I tend to start books with a very broad outline, but I always leave room for happy accidents. With 'The Passenger,' there were perhaps too many of those.

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• Lisa Lutz:

  I don't feel like I'm a writer who works under any influence.

• Lisa Lutz:

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  I worked for a private investigative agency briefly. I rarely had the opportunity to snoop.

• Lisa Lutz:

  I have certain rules for snooping, under which anything out in the open is fair game.

• Lisa Lutz:

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• Lisa Lutz:

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  I have a love/hate relationship with jogging.

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  If you're trying to hide, avoid using your own name. Have a couple spares that you can pull out of

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• Lisa Lutz:

  I'm always accused of being a crime novelist, but I'm not really.