By Collette O’Neal (Whetstone Staff Writer)
Dr. Linda De Roche, professor of English, will be publishing her sixth book next year.
Unlike her previous books, which were bio-critical works of Mary Higgins Clark, this one will focus on the author’s life.
Clark is a contemporary writer, who, at 83, is still writing.
“Mary Higgins Clark: Life and Letters,†will examine how Higgins’ life influences her writing, De Roche said.
De Roche has published two other books on the author, Critical Companion to Mary Higgins Clark and Visiting Mary Higgins Clark.
“I have explored how she understands that having less can turn you into a criminal,†De Roche said.
She has been working on this book for three years and is being published through Praeger, a company in New York.
It will be available through the publisher’s catalogue only, not in bookstores.
De Roche plans to continue writing after retirement.
It’s enjoyable and a way of contributing to the academic community, she said.
“I never knew I wanted to be a writer, only a professor, but once I started I realized I enjoyed it,†De Roche said.
De Roche is working on writing two short essays on F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edith Wharton.
