“Perfect
happiness is knowing that everyone I love is healthy, safe, and content.”
– Joy Fielding
Fielding’s quote just seemed apropos
during this time of upheaval – plus she was born on this date in 1945, so that
made it another great reason to talk a bit about her and her writing.
Born in Toronto, Canada (where she
still makes her home), Fielding has been both a writer and an actress but she’s
been in the writing field a lot longer, having started at the age of 8. And while she’s acted in a number of TV shows
and a few movies, she’s much better known for her writing with 27-plus novels
to her credit, led by the mega-bestsellers Kiss
Mommy Goodbye and The Bad Daughter.
Fielding said her primary market has
been the U.S. and and that may be because most of her books are set in U.S.
locales. She said that she prefers
setting her tales in big American cities, where the landscape is a better “fit”
for her themes of urban alienation and loss of identity.
“I'm writing exactly the kinds of
books I like to write,” she said. “And
they're the kinds of books I like to read. They're popular commercial fiction.
That's what they are.”
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