Goodreads asked Sue Russell:

How do you get inspired to write?

Sue Russell As a journalist, I've often been galvanized into action by a cocktail of curiosity and love of justice. I've written a lot about wrongful convictions -- beginning with Randall Dale Adams featured in Errol Morris' documentary "The Thin Blue Line" thirty years ago. I've seen a lot of cases since. The trick is blending the search for truth with a productive lack of bias so that you make good judgment calls and editors let your words see the light of day. Of course, no one is free of bias. It's part of us. But you do your best, you speak to the best (forensic psychologist Dr. Itiel Dror in London has given me quite the education) and learn to challenge the status quo. Ask yourself this. Do you know when someone is lying to you? Sorry, but you don't. Studies have proved that. But although I *know* better, that hasn't stopped me watching interviews and interrogations and wanting to trust my gut! Tricky, dangerous stuff in criminal justice.

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