Bestselling US author deals with dark side of art world in his new thriller
'This book combines my dual interests in crime and art. I’ve always been fascinated with the tendency to attribute moral superiority to talented people – what psychologists call a ‘halo effect’. The opposite is often true,' says Kellerman. Photo: Joan Allen
“This book combines my dual interests in crime and art. I’ve always been fascinated with the tendency to attribute moral superiority to talented people – what psychologists call a ‘halo effect’. The opposite is often true. Years ago, I wrote an essay inmagazine titled ‘Pearls, Yet Swine’. Talent guarantees nothing but talent. It’s been a consistent theme in my novels, ” said Kellerman.
Kellerman wrote for many years, getting rejected countless times before finally hitting it big with his first novelin 1985. That novel introduced the world to Alex Delaware, a child psychologist who is persuaded to come out of retirement to help in a case involving a young witness. He’s later appointed as a special consultant by the Los Angeles Police Department . The book was made into a film in 1986, starring Ted Danson as Delaware.
“The challenge is always the same. Drawing a myriad of ideas into a coherent, cohesive novel, creating a solid story that doesn’t cheat the readers, and developing memorable, interesting, believable characters.” “ terrific experience, but in the end we decided that with four kids and a bunch of grandchildren, the only privacy we had was our writing, so we decided to resume going solo.”
His psychologist background has made Kellerman particularly critical of mental health depictions in popular entertainment. To him, this is an area where most shows have done particularly poorly, with some attempts even being “downright abysmal".
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