Interview with Adrian Dater
I did a brief email interview with Adrian Dater, the author of the book Blood Feud
Here’s what he had to say…
1) Do you know why you could order the book on Amazon.com before you could buy it in stores?
No, I don’t exactly know why. I know the original release date for the book was in November, and got moved back to January, because of some staffing issues at the publisher. The book was printed about a month and a half ago, and I guess they were able to ship some to Amazon, but not book stores.
2) Did you cut down on your duties as a reporter to focus on the book?
No, in fact it enhanced my job a bit. I was able to really get a lot of interviews for things that might have been tougher if I was saying I was just doing them for the paper. Don’t forget, I started this book during the lockout of ‘05, so I had some time to get started without much interruption!
3) Did you have any problems obtaining interviews with those critical to the rivalry?
Yes, Patrick Roy, for whatever reason, did not want to talk. He probably thought this was going to be some kind of critical book just on him or something, knowing him. Obviously, not having a lot of quotes from him is a weakness of the book, but quotes weren’t necessarily what the book was all about, and I thought I had a lot of detail about Patrick that was never published before. Marc Crawford also did not talk, and I could never line anything up with Yzerman.
4) How does it feel to have Scotty Bowman write the foreword for your book?
Very humbling. To me, he’s the best coach in sports history. That he wrote the intro to MY book is mind boggling to me.
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January 1st, 2008 at 6:18 pm
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