Alan Jacobson is the bestselling author of the Karen Vail mysteries, beginning with The 7th Victim, Crush, Velocity, and most recently, Inmate 1577. He has spent a number of years researching with the FBI, especially in the Behavioral Analysis Unit. He was previously interviewed on BookBanter with the release of Crush. In this interview, Jacobson talks about how he writes one of his thriller, the intense amount of research Inmate 1577 required, and why he feels this research is important, and where he sees Karen Vail headed in his next novel. Read the interview . . .
The BookBanter website has gone through a bit of a facelift and change, all for its improvement. I’ve switched to a two-column method, so that way you don’t feel like you’re being bombarded with material of all different varieties. I’ve gone for simplification, however all the information that used to be there is still on the site, just not on the homepage, but under various other pages.
From now on the homepage will feature the latest BookBanter interview, the latest Links Roundup, the Review of the Week, a BookBanter Blog post, a listing of the four latest interviews, the latest twelve book reviews, and the latest BookBanter columns. This will all be on the left column and will be update daily and accordingly, with the latest update appearing at the very top.
In the right column you will be able to see upcoming interviews on BookBanter, currently listed for the rest of 2011.
Finally, I’ve added a quick-links bar at the bottom of the page to help in navigating around the site.
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