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Sharon Bolton [0-0] English
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Sharon Bolton is an English author of mystery fiction who has also been published under the name S.J. Bolton.


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Our names are an integral part of the faces we show to the world. If we're judged first on outward appearances, we're assessed next on our names.
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Crime writers adore islands. We love the sense of being trapped within a community apart, where normal codes of behavior, if not ignored, can be allowed to slip.
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On an island, anything can happen. In a crime novel, it usually does.
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'The Magus,' usually described as a book for the young, is about learning that the world is a mysterious and limitless place, beyond our control, and all the more exciting - and daunting - because of it.
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My first novel, 'Sacrifice,' was set on the Shetland Islands.
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I learned the hard way that people are quick to judge, will jump at the chance of a cheap ego boost at another's expense.
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I've never once corrected someone who got my name wrong.
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On the advice of my U.K. publishers, I chose a sexless anonymity and published my first five books under the semi-pseudonym, S. J. Bolton. I was happy. I could hide behind a genderless, classless persona and let my creepy, psychological murder-mysteries speak for themselves.
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Whenever I find myself in an exceptionally beautiful environment, I can't help asking myself - what lies beneath? I'm fascinated by the idea of a perfect surface concealing a rotten core.
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