Lucha Corpi is the author of such crime novels as Eulogy for a Brown Angel, Cactus Blood, Death at Solstice and others. Latinopia asked Lucha about writing crime novels and how that differs from her other poetry and narrative writings, such as her recent Confessions of a Book Burner. In this interview with Lucha on crime writing Latinopia was surprised to hear that she found the protagonist of her detective series, Gloria Damasco, in a dream.