Denise Hamilton

Denise Hamilton writes:

I have been extremely lucky in my writing career.

My first novel was The Jasmine Trade and was inspired by several stories I actually covered for the Times. I wrote it over about a 3.5 year period while working full-time as a journalist and being pregnant and caring for babies (two). For me the creative writing was an intellectual escape from journalism and the baby bottles, diapers, strollers etc.

I had much help and encouragement from my writing group, a bunch of writer moms in the Silverlake part of LA. We'd meet every other Sunday at someone's house and read and critique.

I sent it out about 10 times before I got an agent. My agent sold it to the first house (Scribner) that she approached.

Denise Hamilton is the author of the superb Eve Diamond series, featuring a reporter who solves murders in contemporary multicultural Los Angeles. The four books she has written so far have already catapulted her to the top ranks of crime writers.

Comments

[air max ltd]

This is being handled ass backwards and we seriously deserve better.That is so true, It is definitely worth the risk

[Minh Minor]

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[woodstock festival]

Indeed a lucky writer. One of my dream is to have a writing group like her where I can learn and help other writers by sharing our different thoughts. I can see in her that she is a dedicated writer. God bless, more power and happy writing!