Quintette of Questions: Julie Bozza

Julie Bozza asked Fletch and Albert (two of the three main characters in her about to be re-released novel) to help her answer today’s questions.

1.
What’s the name of your latest book – and how hard was it to pick a title?

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Fletch: The Definitive Albert J.
Sterne, because it’s all about Albert and how he’s determined to be the
absolutely best Albert he can. Though, for most of the book, he’s more of a
work-in-progress than he realises!

Julie: The title seemed very obvious to me, very early on, and it’s stuck
ever since. I thought about “quintessential” as an alternative, but
“definitive” seemed more Albert-ish to me. So that was that!

Albert: {glares grumpily at nothing in particular}

2.
If you could choose anyone from any time period, who would you cast as the
leads in your latest book?

Julie: I almost always cast my main characters, because I write by
creating the film of the story in my mind’s eye. I need those visuals in three
dimensions in order for it all to come alive. I don’t usually share the actual
names, though, as I like to leave readers free to imagine their own film of the
story – if you see what I mean. But let’s throw caution to the winds here! Over
to you guys.

Fletch: Given my Irish-American background, I think a young Gabriel Byrne
would be perfect.

Albert: {crosses his arms and looks mulish}

Fletch: {pointedly} Despite a certain lack of cooperation from others
{/pointedly}, Julie and I are determined to answer this in honour of the late,
loveable Miguel Ferrer, who she always envisaged as Albert.

Julie: How can it be two years already since he died? … Miguel was no
stranger to forensics and law enforcement roles, featuring in Twin Peaks, Crossing Jordan, and NCIS:
Los Angeles, among other films and TV series.

As for John Garrett, the third main
character, I couldn’t go past Brian Dennehy who was disturbingly good as John
Wayne Gacy in the TV film To Catch a
Killer. My Garrett isn’t Gacy, I should add, but the fact that Gacy existed
helped me feel confident that I wasn’t entirely making it all up to suit
myself.

3.
What five words best describe your story?

Albert: An unwarranted invasion of privacy.

Fletch: {much laughter} Poor Albert … {sobers up} All right, I think: love,
horror, determination, diligence … love.

Albert: You’re repeating yourself.

Fletch: There was a lot of love.

Julie: Love. Identity. Friendship. Anger. Passion. Peace.

Albert: That’s six words, as you’re well aware.

Julie: There’s over 226,000 words in this novel, so five just isn’t enough
to cover it!

4.
Who is your favourite fictional team/couple?

Fletch: Well, us, of course. Me and Albert.

Julie: Same for me, right now! Albert and Fletch.

Albert: Song Ci.

Fletch: … Who?

Albert: A Chinese judge and forensic medical scientist who worked in the
thirteenth century. He wrote a book titled Collected
Cases of Injustice Rectified.

Fletch: Now who’s not answering
the questions exactly? He was real? And what about his team or his partner?

Albert: Some of us prefer to work alone.

5.
What song reflects a theme, character, relationship or scene in your book?

Fletch: The song that always makes me think of Albert is “I Am a Rock” by
Simon and Garfunkel. It’s very beautiful, and very passionate – and very very sad.

{silence for long moments}

{Albert briefly reaches a hand, as if he
might touch Fletcher’s arm in reassurance}

Albert: Lawrence Durrell wrote, “But that is what islands are for; they are
places where different destinies can meet and intersect in the full isolation
of time.”

{Fletch reaches to grasp Albert’s hand, and
his smile is quietly brimming over with peace}

Fletch: Damn, I love you.

{fade to black}

About The Definitive Albert J Sterne

An obnoxiously immovable object is partnered with an undeniably irresistible force – in pursuit of a cruelly imperturbable serial killer.

Albert Sterne, forensics expert with the FBI, is so obnoxious on the surface that no one bothers digging deeper. When he’s sent to Colorado to investigate the work of a serial killer, he encounters Special Agent Fletcher Ash and they end up reluctantly joining forces to unravel the case. It’s only a matter of duty, though; it can’t be more, because Albert doesn’t do friendship – and he certainly doesn’t do love!

This well-respected novel was Runner Up (equal third) in the Best LGBT Mystery/Thriller category of the Rainbow Awards 2011. It is now being re-released, after first being published in two volumes by Manifold Press. The original novel and companion anthology have been stitched back together into one long tale.

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About Julie Bozza

Julie Bozza

Julie Bozza is an Aussie-English hybrid empowered by writing, fuelled by espresso, calmed by knitting, overexcited by photography, and madly in love with Amy Adams and John Keats.

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