Talk:Rose Connors
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Historical excerpts from "Prime Time Cape Cod", published by the Cape Cod Times, Vol 12, Ed. 12; author: Judith Shaw Beardsley: "...Illuminating areas of between the stark black and white of law was...the motivation for her first novel, 'Absolute Certainty.'
"The Chatham (MA) lawyer achieved virtually instant success when she turned her hand to fiction three years ago (2002). Connors' fourth novel has just been published by Scribner, and she's decided to make writing a full time-career.
"...Connors was raised in Philadelphia and selected an American Studies major at Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg MD. she went on to Duke Law School, followed by eight years of practice in Seattle. She moved tro the Cape in 1991. Although she worked on her college newspaper and was a voracious reader, her choice of a legal career was always a clear one.
"...Mother of two teenage sons...
"'I was working on a closing argument in a murder case,' she explains.' when I was doing criminal defense, I was often struck by the prosecutor who had absoultely no doubts about being correct. I'm not like that. So I was trying to asume the mind-set: 'I know I'm right.'
""...('Absolute Certainty') won the MAry Higgins Clark Award
" Connors' novels blend challenging legal dilemmas with appealing, multi-dimensional protagonists, Marty (Martha) Nickerson and Harry Madigan. Lawyers and partners, there's an ongoing love interest as well.'
NickelShoe 01:11, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
