JOANNA ELM, Author, Journalist, Attorney
The Pleasures and Perils Of A Writing Life
Who needs reminding that A.J. Finn is the author wunderkind whose debut novel The Woman in the Window catapulted to the #1 spot in the bestseller lists the week it was published in January 2018? Continue reading “What I Still Don’t Get About A.J. Finn’s Amazing Con Job”
You would think that A.J. Finn would know all the rules of writing genre fiction especially psychological thrillers. Just before his first novel hit the #1 slot on the New York Times bestseller list four weeks ago, he was an executive editor at William Morrow publishing company working on the novels of authors like Karin Slaughter and Val McDermid. Yet, in The Woman In the Window ( Rear Window, the movie, meets The Girl On The Train) Finn breaks a lot of big rules. Continue reading “What He Did Wrong; What He Did Right : How A.J. Finn Wrote A #1 Bestseller”
You may not be instantly familiar with the name A.J. Finn. But I bet you’ve heard of his book,The Woman In The Window ? Yep, that’s the one that catapulted straight to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list the week it was published. Okay, now you know the one I’m talking about, right? The NYT one-liner description of this psychological thriller is: “A recluse who drinks heavily and takes prescription drugs may have witnessed a crime across from her Harlem townhouse.” Continue reading “How A.J. Finn Landed At #1 On The New York Times Bestseller List”