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Joseph Kanon [1946-0] American
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Joseph Kanon is an American author, best known for thriller and spy novels set in the period immediately after World War II.

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At graduation, I assumed I'd be in publishing, but first I went to England and got a master's degree in English Literature. And then I came back to New York and had a series of publishing jobs, the way one does. Graduation
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When you're editing, you want to be the perfect appreciator, not another writer.
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I like the busy-ness of office life. What I discovered, to my surprise, is that I love the solitary nature of writing. What happens is that you write when you're ready.
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Being an editor doesn't make you a better writer - or vice versa. The worst thing any editor can do is be in competition with his writer.
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I think most writers' houses are disappointing. What's much more atmospheric and interesting are the places they wrote about.
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