MAKING OF THE GREEN MILE AUTHOR S NOTE
“The Green Mile” is one of my personal favorite literary works. ... Making this book took longer to write than other projects that I have done because I originally wrote it as a series. ... The convicted killers wait their turn to walk the Green Mile, keeping a date with "Old Sparky," Cold Mountains electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities in his years working the Mile. ... It was from him that I got the ingenious idea for “The Green Mile. ... I had to research the Depression time period extensively to incorporate their society and the average person’s state of mind into the book. ... I did not want “The Green Mile” to be a fairytale “happy ending” storybook. ... “The Green Mile” is a suspenseful, touching, somewhat haunting book, and although it might not be your average bedtime storybook, it is a story that will make an impact to readers.