The way the family story goes, my tía abuela was ill and close to death when she turned to her older sister (my abuela) and told her, “I’ll never forgive you for dragging me to this godforsaken countr...

The way the family story goes, my tía abuela was ill and close to death when she turned to her older sister (my abuela) and told her, “I’ll never forgive you for dragging me to this godforsaken countr...

What's the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Brooklyn Motto? Like most writers, I’ve always wanted my own detective, my own Columbo, my own Shaft. And I felt like for something truly to be mine, it needed to be deeply personal. That’s why the private investigator is also doing a sort of