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Now here's a highlight from Coast to Coast AM on I Heart Radio.

And welcome back to Coast to Coast, George Nori with you. We have a fascinating couple hours for you.

It's kind of strange, so take key.

Forensic psychologist by day, novelist by night, Ellery Kane has been writing professionally creatively for as long as she can remember.

Just like many of her main characters, Ellery loves to ask why, which is the reason she became a psychologist in the first place.

Real life really is stranger than fiction, isn't it? And Ellery's writing is often inspired by her day job.

Ellery, welcome to the program. I'm looking forward to this strange night with you.

Thanks for having me. I'm looking forward to it as well.

And so what came first, the psychologist or the writing, the novels?

Definitely, the psychologist came first, although I have always loved to write.

And as a kid, I wrote a lot of short stories that were probably dark and inspired by a lot of my true crime show watching back then.

But I didn't pursue that right away. I kind of got lost in this professional world of forensic psychology, and I do a lot of writing for my day job.

Each report that I write is usually about 15 pages long, and I write about eight of those a month in addition to my private practice work.

And so all of that writing made me feel like I didn't have much space in my life for my creative writing.

But about six years ago, I decided, you know what, now is the time. I know I want to write creatively, and if I don't do it now, who knows when I'll ever get around to it.

So I set out and wrote my first book, and that's eight books later.

Have any of your books been turned into movies yet?

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