Bartholomew Timm

Bartholomew Timm asked Erik Larson:

I've read all your books,and am looking forward to this new one, but I suspect not everything you've written has been successfully converted to a book. What is your favorite "failure"? Do you ever consider going back to something once you've given it up? How do you select your titles?

Erik Larson Ha! My favorite failure. An oxymoron? Actually, I like it when ideas fail to become books. I often say that hunting for a book idea is a lot like looking for a spouse. You need to kiss a lot of frogs before one becomes a prince or princess. Having said that, as to failed ideas, I don't kiss and tell.

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Susan

Susan asked Erik Larson:

I enjoyed "In the Garden of Beasts" immensely, as I too, love American history, and intend to read all the rest of your books in the near future. My question is this: Is there any chance you may write a book about the USS Liberty and how it was attacked in 1967? I'd love to read a well researched book about that subject.

Michael Thompson

Michael Thompson asked Erik Larson:

After researching and writing "Dead Wake," what would you say are the top two or three lessons from the sinking of the Lusitania that apply to our current times?

Matt

Matt asked Erik Larson:

The entire time I was reading Thunderstruck, which I enjoyed, the song of the same name by AC/DC was stuck in my head. Did that happen to you once you had decided on the name for that book?

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