![]() ![]() He can quote the rapper Biggie Smalls as easily as he can Chaucer. Most of all, he doesn’t take himself too seriously. He’s tough and smart and sarcastic, but he struggles in romance and a complicated relationship with his father. He has this insatiable desire to make wrongs right, even when it’s an uphill struggle or everyone else is content with simply leaving things where they are. Ashe Cayne is the kind of guy I would want as a friend, a guy I would watch a game with or sit for hours and talk to over a plate of bbq brisket and fries. So I wanted to create that character, a hero in our times who was determined to pursue justice at all costs. What if he stood his ground on his personal integrity, even if it meant going against his brothers in blue. I thought about what would’ve happened had one of the officers who was present at the time come clean earlier and refuse to participate in the coverup. Q: How did you come up with the idea for The Unspoken, and for your character Ashe Cayne?Ī: I remember watching the news about the shooting of the unarmed man in Chicago named Laquan McDonald. ![]() His other books include The Blackbird Papers and The Ancient Nine. ![]() Smith is the author of the new novel The Unspoken. ![]()
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