"Fact nor far behind fiction"

"Fact nor far behind fiction"

In this published news story included in The Plain Dealer, author Janice Carter discusses how the events detailed in After the First Death are not too far from fiction. Referring to a conversation with Robert Cormier, she shares how some of the novel's features reflect recent terrorist acts. Cormier notes how there is little research available to those interested in writing about terrorism. To that end, he wanted to use the novel to "explore the mind of a terrorist" - specifically the human side. Carter notes that these types of stories - violent, fast-paced and compelling - are often at the forefront of Cormier's young adult fiction.

Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library

2 May 1980

Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo, Katy Covino

JPG, newsprint

English