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Authors approach question: Why do mysteries matter?

Published on July 17th, 2009; Published on September 9th, 2009
Staff ~ The Moose Jaw Times Herald

Topics :: Moose Jaw Art Gallery Theatre , Canada

Why do mysteries matter?
That is the question posed to a panel of authors at the Saskatchewan Festival of Words on Friday.
On hand to answer the question were Canadian authors Gail Bowen, Anna Porter and David Carpenter.
Moderator Jack Whyte, asked each author to speak for 10 minutes to a large group in attendance at the Moose Jaw Art Gallery Theatre.
Bowen, the first to speak, said the field of murder mystery writing has changed a lot since she first began to write her stories.
"One of the biggest changes in our writing is it now reflects our Canadian population," said Bowen. "We as writers reflect the Canada in which we live."
Bowen said the perceptions a reader gets from mystery gives an accurate picture of the kinds of problems that Canadians are confronting.

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