Goodreads asked Randall B. Hicks:

How do you get inspired to write?

Randall B. Hicks Although I grew up as a big reader, going through all the Hardy Boys and Tom Swift books, then reading Nancy Drew, I wasn't motivated to write until I read Gregory McDonald's FLETCH. That book made me say, "Someday, I want to write a book like that." So when I wrote THE BABY GAME and BABY CRIMES, it was a light mystery but with deep relationships, clues fairly planted and a stunner of an ending. I've had the chance to meet many of my favorite authors at conventions and signings, but sadly Gregory McDonald passed away before I got the chance to meet him.

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