Brent Forkner

Brent Forkner asked T. Coraghessan Boyle:

How do you research a book about a schizophrenic shooter? Do you read about it? Do you interview perpetrators, and how would you find them?

T. Coraghessan Boyle As I said to one of the readers above, I had two close friends who became schizophrenic in their teens/early twenties. As for Adam, he is inspired by a real shooter in Ft. Bragg, CA. I had many news article about him, as well as a 50-page police report, which gave me many of the details, which are authentic to the case.

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are you coming to visit the UK in the foreseeable future?

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Eva Trieger asked T. Coraghessan Boyle:

Have you done a reading of "The Lie" that I can find on YouTube or elsewhere to share with my high school students? I LOVE that story, among so many of yours. Thank you for being incredible and inspirational and honest and one-of-a-kind! Eva Trieger

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