| Ann Kelly is author of the award-winning | | | | my book are: Do any of us really know who we |
| mystery novel Dead On. The story tells of a | | | | are? And do we have past lives or inherited |
| medical examiner being stalked by a killer | | | | memories? Perhaps that would explain things |
| who claims to have killed her in previous | | | | like sudden, irrational fears or memories. I |
| lifetimes. Based in Doylestown, | | | | found out that whether or not a person |
| Pennsylvania, the gritty mystery with erotic | | | | believes in past lives, past-life regression |
| undertones, and a hint of the paranormal, is | | | | therapy can help a person deal with issues |
| a difficult book to put down. Ann Kelly | | | | that haven't been resolved through other |
| recently answered some questions about her | | | | traditional therapies. In many cases, you |
| novel.David: The idea of a murderer being | | | | don't have to believe in it for it to work. I |
| reincarnated to kill the same victim across | | | | was also fascinated by the idea of a group of |
| multiple lifetimes is truly unique. Where | | | | souls being reborn throughout time and their |
| did you get the idea for your book?Ann Kelly: | | | | histories repeating themselves.David: Who is |
| Dead On started out as a paranormal romance | | | | your favorite character in Dead On?Ann Kelly: |
| and became something completely different. I | | | | All I can say is my favorite character in |
| don't want to give too much away, but when I | | | | this book is the character who writes the |
| started Dead On, a little way into it, a | | | | journal in the early 1900s (the story goes |
| character came out of nowhere and took the | | | | back and forth in time between the present |
| book over. I didn't know it at the time, but | | | | and the early 1900s). |
| I was finding my voice. Two major themes in | | | | |