Lauren Weisberger

Aug 27, 2024 | crimereads.com | Fiona Barton |Lauren Weisberger

It is perhaps unsurprising that women journalists loom large in my books – I spent more than thirty years as one, reporting on major crimes, interviewing the ordinary people caught up in extraordinary circumstances, and skidding up to deadlines. Article continues after advertisementBut, to be honest, I hadn’t planned any reporter characters when I started writing my debut, The Widow. In my mind, it was all about Jean Taylor and her marriage with secrets.