Dorothy Koomson is a British author whose novels have evolved considerably throughout her career. Beginning with relationship-focused stories such as The Cupid Effect and The Chocolate Run , Koomson gradually developed a reputation for combining emotional storytelling with secrets, difficult choices, and psychological tension. Her books have been translated into more than 30 languages, and she has sold more than two million copies worldwide. What makes Koomson particularly interesting as a writer is that her novels rarely fit neatly into a single genre. Romance, family drama, friendship, guilt and suspense frequently overlap in her stories, with apparently ordinary relationships concealing much more complicated histories. From Childhood Stories to Published Novelist Koomson's interest in writing began remarkably early. She says that her mother taught her and her siblings to read and write when she was still in nursery, and books quickly became an important part of her childh...
There is something almost unsettlingly ordinary about Charles Manson. We tend to imagine people who inspire others to commit horrific crimes as extraordinary in some way. They must be brilliant, charismatic, frightening, or somehow obviously different from everyone else. But Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes presents a rather different picture. Manson wasn't a great intellectual. He wasn't particularly educated. He didn't possess some extraordinary understanding of the world. What he seemed to understand exceptionally well was people . From Ted Bundy to Charles Manson This isn't my first experience with the Conversations with a Killer documentaries. I had previously watched Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes , and the comparison is interesting because the two men represent very different kinds of killers. The Bundy documentary focuses heavily on the man himself: his personality, his crimes, and the disturbing contrast between his ...