Walt Larimore Revealed
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. I desire to follow and please Jesus Christ
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. I desire to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness
- Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
- A. True happiness is not made in getting something -- it is becoming a person who is indwelled by love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. Not pleasing my God
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. Where I've been called
- Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
- A. The Disciple, Thomas
- Q. Which living person do you most admire?
- A. Bill Judge
- Q. What do you regret most?
- A. The times I have not been the husband or father I should have been.
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. Painting
- Q. What is your greatest achievement?
- A. My marriage and my children
- Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
- A. My selfishness
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. My desire to learn and gain wisdom
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. I like being me
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. Jean Valjean in Les Miserables.
- Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?
- A. I look so forward to the day when I'll meet Jesus face-to-face.
- Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
- A. My own hypocrisy
- Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
- A. Seeing patients as a family physician
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. Sailing a yacht around tropical islands
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. honesty, transparency, vulnerability
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. Ice cream
On Books and Writing
- Q. How did you come to write Gabon Virus?
- A. My co-author, Paul McCusker, loves speculative fiction that explores the dramatic possibilities of normal people in abnormal situations. When he was visiting relatives in the small village of Eyam in England, he was struck by its story when the Black Plague nearly destroyed the village. What was even more intriguing to him was the story of the sacrificial actions of the villagers and the modern medical mysteries triggered by the event. He began to work on an idea that became TSI, and quickly realized he would need help from someone with a writing and a medical background -- so, he gave me a phone call. Paul and I met not too long after I joined Focus on the Family in early 2001, as Vice President and Family Physician in Residence. We admired each other’s work and began to build a friendship that has only deepened through the years. For me, it has been a terrific privilege and honor to work with Paul on this book. And, we’re already hard at work on the sequel, "Time Scene Investigators: The Influenza Bomb." Best of all, we’ve had a ton of fun working together.
