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20 Questions with Legal Mystery Author Ken Malovos
 

Visit his website at www.malovoslaw.com. 
Neither. I write during the day, when I find time between my regular job of being a mediator and arbitrator. I do try to write in sequential days, just to keep everything fresh in my mind.


I am a little of both. I am moving toward being more of an outliner, but I started as a pantster. This is my third novel and I am seeing the importance of planning things out in advance. Being a true pantster is a lot of work with editing.


Plot. I have to have an idea of something that works over the long haul. The characters will come along right with it, but for me it starts with a plot.


Quiet. I work in a very quiet environment and cannot imagine anything else.


The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC.


Oldies (50’s and 60’s), followed closely by light classical.




No. I used to play the piano and the clarinet but now I get to enjoy listening to my grandchildren play the piano and guitar.




Two grown children, each with their own families.


None now. Used to have dogs, Shelties.


At my computer, at my office, away from everything.


Firehouse Restaurant in Old Sacramento. Best wine selection in California.


I do. I am a mediator and arbitrator, after having practicing law for over 40 years. I spend quite a bit of time as a mediator and arbitrator and absolutely love the idea of helping people resolve disputes without going to court.

Dunkirk. I love WW2 and everything about it, so I loved seeing this movie. A small moment that almost gets forgotten, as it happened so early in the war.


Walking, especially along a river or the ocean. It is such a special time to just think and put ideas into some kind of logical order.


Bad drivers, especially those who drive on your rear bumper on the freeway and then pass on the right. I have been driving for a long time, but this still really gets me.


To help people in any way I can. My life as a lawyer was and is an effort to assist people who are in need. Now that I am a mediator and arbitrator and no longer practicing law, I try to help people resolve their disputes before they go to court. It brings me great satisfaction.


Two events: 1)  Driving a car in a motorcade with Robert F. Kennedy in the front seat with me, when he was running for President in the California primary (June of 1968).. Unfortunately, he was killed one week later.2) Arguing a death-penalty case to a jury, asking the jury to spare the life of my client who killed two people. Fortunately, they did.


My wife, Michele. All my books are dedicated to her. We have been together for almost 50 years.
