Theasa Tuohy (Author of Mademoiselle le Sleuth)

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Theasa Tuohy

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Theasa Tuohy is a long-time journalist who has happily turned her life experiences and reporting skills to fiction featuring female reporters. Theasa worked for five daily newspapers and the Associated Press. Her "first woman" stints included assistant city editor at The Detroit News and the copy desk at The (Newark) Star-Ledger.

During her lengthy career as a journalist, Theasa worked for five daily newspapers and for The Associated Press. She was the first female assistant city editor at The Detroit News, one of the country鈥檚 largest afternoon dailies at the time.

As a playwright, Theasa co-authored the book, or libretto, of Scandalous: The Musical, an award-winning show about the life of D. H. Lawrence, author of 鈥淟ady Chatterley鈥檚 Lover, ...more

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Theasa Tuohy Sit down and write. Hit one key and then the other. You've got a delete button, don't be scared. Just do it!鈥辞谤别Sit down and write. Hit one key and then the other. You've got a delete button, don't be scared. Just do it!(less)

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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Theasa Tuohy The Woman at la Gare de l'Est was written to solve a mystery in my own life!
Why I wrote my new book.
True story! Just as the main character, Sarah, I t鈥辞谤别The Woman at la Gare de l'Est was written to solve a mystery in my own life!
Why I wrote my new book.
True story! Just as the main character, Sarah, I too was actually in a speeding taxi when I saw the woman, then spotted 鈥淭he Woman at la Gare de l鈥橢st鈥� again a few minutes later. My question then, and still is, how did she get from standing on a Paris curb in front of the Sarah Bernhardt Bistro to the East Train Station faster than I did 鈥� me in a cab, her afoot?
I wrote the book, trying to figure that out. I still am mystified by the sighting. And no, it鈥檚 not true that you have to know the ending to a mystery before you begin to write. The how she did it is total fiction. The beginning is all true. The setting is true, several of the characters are real, friends of mine. One of whom still lives in Paris, some have moved back home to the states. They鈥檝e all been eager to find out what kind of difficult and scary experiences I got their fictional selves into. That boiler-plate stuff about no resemblance to persons living or dead is not quite true in The Woman at la Gare, enough that they are recognizable, but nothing slanderous or libelous = just fun! The one character who is pure fiction is the one who saw the loitering woman. I saw her, but the zany character who spotted her is definitely not me. She鈥檚 an actress, I鈥檓 not. She鈥檚 never serious, I almost always am. But I certainly had a lot of fun sketching her!
The characters in my latest novel are based on real friends, even used their real names. A journalist for many years, I鈥檝e happily turned to fiction. This is my third novel, but it鈥檚 got a special twist. Most of the main characters are based on friends of mine and I鈥檝e kept their real names. Kind of a high-wire act. 鈥� with Theasa Tuohy.(less)

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Of all the books I read, which were many, researching the Vietnam War for "The Five O'Clock Follies," this was my favorite: "Once Upon a Distant War."
William Prochnau, who died last month, was the ultimate reporter's reporter.

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