It disappeared into the morass, he says.
It was just totally lost.
We were poor, he says.
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My father, he couldnt read or write.
Lasndale initially dreamed up Leonard as a more traditional sparring partner for Hap.
Then, as I was writing it, Leonard revealed he was gay, says the novelist.
Karen Lansdale
I was as surprised as everybody else.
But I knew: This is right!
That character grew out of a certain anger I had.
When Lansdale was growing up, his imagination was fired by the books of Robert Bloch and Raymond Chandler.
I worked in rose fields, and I worked in potato fields, he says.
I did some bouncing.
I never got a degree, I just started writing.
Theymayhave thought I was crazy.
All I know is, I went home.
But his work is unique.
Most of us are happy to take the safe path.
Hes one of the great American writers, says theAliensandTitanicstar.
His Hap and Leonard series is incredible.
Lansdales latest Hap and Leonard adventure,Honky Tonk Samurai, finds the heroes newly established as private investigators.
People say, Oh, that was too far-out, you made that up!
Thats the real stuff, he explains.
Its amazing how often that happens.
I love them, I love them, he says of the pair.
Hap and Leonard premieres Wednesday on SundanceTV at 10 pm, EST.
you might see a trailer for the show, below.
