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So, in 1989, readers were introduced to Marcus Didius Falco, the Roman informer, as he stood on the steps of the Temple of Saturn, looking out across the Forum, and now, 20years and 20 books later, Falco fans want a companion volume. Only here willreaders learn the authors private background, including her descent from a failed assassin and how atheism improved her knitting. Here too are the real glories and heartache involved in research and creationwhy the baby had to be born in Barcelona, which plots evolved from intense loathing of management trainees, what part a thermal vest played in the iconic Falcos conception.Enlightening quotations from the Falco books and eminent sources: Juvenal, through Chandler, to are also included.