In the Interview Room — Judy Alter

Today, for the last post of 2013, I welcome Judy Alter to the Interview Room. Judy had a good career as a western writer, but the idea of writing a mystery haunted her. Now she has five, spanning two series.

You can invite anyone, alive or dead, to dinner. Who would you invite and why?

Wallace Stegner, because I think perhaps he understood the American West better than any other writer; Deborah Crombie, because she’s a lot of fun and I love her Scotland Yard mysteries; Julia Child, because she’...