Often, the reader of a mystery or a thriller gets to learn something - something the writer either knows or had the pleasure of researching. [...] To research Girl, Stolen, I interviewed people who had gone blind, read autobiographies, and visited The Guide Dog School for the Blind. When you read Girl, Stolen, you not only wonder if Cheyenne will be able to escape her kidnappers, but you learn how to use a cane or a guide dog, and even how to create makeshift versions of those tools. You learn how blind people handle everything from money to meals.
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New York Times bestselling mystery and thriller novelist April Henry at http://writingteennovels.com/2013/01/05/why-i-write-mysteries-and-thrillers-and-read-them-too-by-april-henry
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