He woke one morning thinking about how people do n't realise how much the past influences the present .
Before Robert Whitlow wrote his first novel , best - selling The List , he had no ambition whatsoever to write .
Robert Whitlow woke one morning thinking about how people do n't realise how much the past influences the present .
Before Robert Whitlow wrote his first novel , best - selling The List , he had no ambition whatsoever to write .