“If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to show how that character is absolutely justified in his or her own mind, or the scene will come across as being about the author's views rather than about the character's.”

Irish writer and theatrical actress

Tana French is an Irish writer and theatrical actress based in Dublin. She is known for her crime fiction, especially her debut novel, In the Woods, published in 2007. In the Woods won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Barry awards for best first novel. French has become closely associated with psychological mystery writing, and The Independent has called her "the First Lady of Irish Crime".