Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Larry Center and I live in Brentwood, Tennessee and I’m an audiologist by day, married with 3 grown kids. I’ve written 5 novels in total, the first one starting back in 1999.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
It’s called LIKE NO OTHER BOY and it’s about an autistic boy who appears to have an uncanny ability to communicate with chimpanzees. I just wondered what would happen if there was a naturally gifted child with autism, a kind of savant, who had a problem speaking to humans but somehow had a gift to communicate with a different species, mainly through seeing pictures in his mind.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to listen to Don Henley music as I write. I do not know why.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I was influenced by Philip Roth mainly, almost all of his novels, and Catcher in the Rye for me was a big influence.
What are you working on now?
I’m working on a novel called KAT WANTS OUT in which a woman suffering from a panic disorder finds herself anxiety-locked inside a high-end health club, during which she has to surreptitiously spend nights and weekends there, sleeping on yoga mats and massage tables.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
You can always go to Amazon and find out more about me and book.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t write unless you can’t not write.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
You gotta know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em.
What are you reading now?
I’m reading ACCIDENTAL TOURIST.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m hoping to sell more and more novels and hopefully, somehow get my name out there more and more.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I’d bring ACCIDENTAL TOURIST, BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY, THE SOUND AND THE FURY, SHORT STORIES BY WILLA CATHER
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