Authors present a unique perspective about their lives because they frequently have faced obstacles and tragedies that their readers can relate to.  While some authors choose to express themselves with non-fictional accounts of real world situations, others find that fictional stories are better suited for their writing talents.  Author Sue Grafton chose the later category and her mystery novels are mostly born out of ideas about her private life that she wrote down from a female perspective.

The website http://www.imysteryread.com contains an article giving an account of Sue Grafton that gives readers a perspective on her life, including educational successes and career failures that are very easy to relate to.  The website also contains articles about other authors that readers will find both interesting and educational.