TT Profile #2: Chris East

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Chris East? I can't say enough positive things about a guy who likes comics and Spy Fy. Oh, he's also a pretty good writer, and he's lived in Iowa City. He's pretty spiffy.

Tamago: Why do you write?

Chris: Ha, the answer to that question is a moving target! I'm pretty sure I started writing because I preferred fiction to reality. It gave me an escape, a chance to visit another world where I could bend reality to my whims. But now I write because I find it a healthy way to confront reality -- argue with it, cope with it, put it into perspective. I guess the short answer is: for my mental health. Which is ironic, because writing is inherently crazy. But I've tried not writing, and it just doesn't work for me.

Tamago: What is your favorite genre to write in?

Chris: I've always had kind of a "big tent" approach to speculative fiction: SF, fantasy, all the various subgenres. But I think all along, without quite realizing it, I've primarily been a writer of spy fiction -- even before I truly knew it as a genre. So I guess you could say I'm a writer of speculative spy fiction.

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