How did you research and prepare to write THE SECRET CHORD? But who was this warrior-poet-musician, this lover and killer, who experiences every human joy and every human heartbreak? I went back to the bible to look for him, and found that the best stories from his life are the least told ones. He’s ubiquitous, after all: a cliché in our language (how many contests are David and Goliath battles?) gorgeously depicted throughout the history of Western art the psalms attributed to him sung in churches and synagogues across millennia. (I’d been braced for drums, so I didn’t actually resist the choice.) Watching him, dwarfed by his teacher’s gorgeous concert instrument, I began to think about that other long ago boy harpist, the shepherd who became a king. When my son was about nine years old, he made the unusual decision to learn to play the harp. What interests you most about King David? How did you decide to write a novel about him?
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