Roll the Tape

If you’ve never seen attorney-turned-novelist Alafair Burke speak before, now is your chance. During an event late last month at the public library in Muskego, Wisconsin (part of greater Milwaukee), blogger Jen Forbus interviewed Burke on subjects ranging from the author’s interest in entertainment law to her start as a writer, her experience with Internet dating, her research with the New York police, her different fictional protagonists, and of course her new book, 212, which is due out later this month from Harper. Their exchange was filmed, and is now available in Forbus’ blog.

Burke (who is of course the daughter of the famous James Lee Burke) looks like a delightful interviewee, full of stories and humor. If Forbus appears a bit less comfortable ... well, anyone who has ever been seated in front of a video camera and told to act grown-up and insightful can certainly sympathize.