Goodreads asked Joe Clark:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Joe Clark The basic impetus for my new novel, "The Walshes", comes from a Susie Bright's "How To Write a Dirty Story." I wanted to get out of my comfort zone so I put my main character in a setting where she would have lots of opportunities for sexual encounters. I sent her on an undercover exploration of the sex for entertainment industry. I did a lot of on-line research but many books that I have read over the years - going all the way back to Polly Adler's "A House is not a Home" and "The High Cost of Loving" by an author whose name escapes me up to Rachel Moran's "Paid For" - contributed ideas. As the story evolved, it became more about families and relationships - many of which are based on my own personal experiences and the stories friends have told me.

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