As a criminology student, Ami Cameron was less interested in how a crime was committed than in why. Now, as a writer and full-time mom based in Vancouver, Canada, Cameron uses writing to explore the criminal mind.
“I’m fascinated by criminal motivations, especially when you start with a law-abiding citizen and they ‘turn,’” she says. “A successful crime story, for me, is going to draw a line in the sand, take the character to a moral decision—no matter how their moral compass reads—of, This is wrong, this is why and this is how to make it right. A form of justice has to be there and, for a moment, the reader understands, and maybe even agrees.”
Character motivations shine through in Cameron’s crime story, “Snow. Blood. Love.,” which bested more…