I did not sit down one day and decide to write a novel entitled, "Chop-Chop the Killer Whore." There’s a story behind it. A true story. And the story begins on Sept. 29th, 1958. On that day, in tiny Wyoming, Illinois, my Aunt Donna was murdered.

When it came to designing the cover of my comic thriller Chop-Chop the Killer Whore, I knew exactly what I wanted.