It's always been there by Eric Beetner

 When you look back over your childhood and early life, can you see where being a writer, or indeed a crime writer, began for you? Were there definitive moments that sealed your fate?

I never used to think I was one of those people who knew very early on I wanted to write. Certainly not crime novels. 

When I started writing anything, I started with screenplays because I loved movies and I knew I wanted to make it my career. I was an eclectic screenwriter, something I soon learned is not valued in ...