In 1994, the American public was introduced to Marcia Clark when she became the lead prosecutor in the murder case against Orenthal James “O.J.” Simpson.

The former NFL star was the sole suspect in the brutal murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman. Clark and her team had a mountain of evidence against Simpson, but getting a jury to shake off any bias for someone widely viewed as an American hero was no easy task. The case, dubbed “The Trial of the Century,” was also challenging because it dealt with several sensitive issues ranging from domestic violence to race.

The prosecution battled till the end, but on Oct. 3, 1995, the jury reached a not guilty verdict, acquitting Simpson of the murders.

In 1997, Clark wrote the book Without a Doubt, which gave a look into what it was like being thrust into the limelight and having her every move critiqued and dissected during the trial. The book went on to become a New York Times Best Seller and recently Clark re-released it as an e-book with an updated foreword.

TheCelebrityCafe.com caught up with her to discuss Without a Doubt, her thoughts on FX’s hit series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story and more.

TheCelebrityCafé.com: What do you think about The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story series overall?

Marcia Clark: I think it’s an amazing work. You never know what’s going to happen when somebody endeavors to do a true crime story. It can be horribly misleading. It could be tabloidy. There’s no way to know, but I think it turned out really beautifully. I think they did an amazing job and it took big issues in a very real and substantive way.

TCC: Actress Sarah Paulson plays you in the FX series. What do you think about her performance so far?

MC: She’s phenomenal. I think she’s simply brilliant. I’ve always thought so. I’ve been a big fan of hers for many, many years and when I heard about her playing me it was like ‘Oh my God, if someone has to play me it really doesn’t get any better than this.’ I think she’s just incredible.

TCC: In 1997, you wrote the book Without a Doubt, detailing the murder trial and what you went through during that time. You recently re-released it as an e-book and updated its foreword. Can you explain why it was important to update that now?

MC: I thought it would be important to talk about my views of things today because they have changed. If you’re reading a book about my point of view on the trial, then I think I owe the reader what my point of view is now as well as what it was then because many things have happened since the time I wrote that book. Writing that foreword took me a while to get my thoughts to collect and to express what I was feeling. So I wanted to put out there the biggest changes that I saw not just in me, but in society as well with domestic violence.

TCC: In the book, you mentioned that you followed the civil trial. What was your reaction when Simpson was found liable for the deaths of Nicole and Ron?

MC: I was glad he was found liable. I thought of course he deserved to be found liable.

TCC: And how about your reaction to the 2008 verdict in which he was convicted for the armed robbery in Las Vegas?

MC: That crime was on videotape. It can’t get any more obvious than that. It was kind of a ridiculous clown card of a case … charging into a hotel room to get back his stuff from these four memorabilia dealers, which his stuff really was the stuff he squirreled away to avoid paying off the Goldman verdict.

TCC: What do you miss, if anything, about your time as a prosecutor?

MC: For a long time, I missed being in the courtroom every day. I missed trial work. It was so much a part of my life. It was what I did and who I was. But over the years I did find the opportunity to realize my childhood dream of writing crime fiction. Now I am practicing as well as a criminal defense lawyer in handling appeals. The court of appeals appointed me to handle cases and although that’s not trial work and I don’t have to go to court, it kind of satisfies the need I have to practice still and I have transitioned into readiness not to be in trial anymore. It took a little while for me to get used to not doing it and I did miss it for a few years, but eventually I transferred into another life.

TCC: Can you talk about your new book Blood Defense and when that will be out?

MC: It will be available on May 1. It's part of a new series, based on a criminal defense lawyer who’s had a very troubled past, a very troubled childhood and a very warped sense of justice. She has a very strange personality, but ultimately a winning personality. She’s a flawed heroine, but flawed in a weird way that you don’t expect.

TCC: You mentioned you still do appellate work today. Do you have any other projects in the works?

MC: There is interest in a crime-based reality show. With my novels, we are now editing the second book in a series about a defense lawyer whose name is Samantha Brinkman. And I am reviewing speaking engagement opportunities.

TCC: Is there an ESPN 30 for 30 coming out in June about the trial?

MC: Yes, I was interviewed for that. That series is going to be amazing, really a whole different thing. It incorporates the trial and goes beyond that as well. I think it’s going to be a very important and compelling piece. I did a very lengthy interview for them and I think it’s going to be wonderful. I can’t wait to see that.

Without a Doubt can be purchased now through Amazon.com and you can follow Marcia on Facebook and Twitter @thatmarciaclark.