Disney's something to be a little alarmed about. It's not just a little theme park anymore. It's now an ethic and outlook and strategy that goes way beyond central Florida.

I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle prod's distance from the actual moviemaking.

I've never before had the same main character appear in consecutive novels, but I liked Yancy and his attitude, and I was curious to see what would happen to him after Bad Monkey. And I liked the idea of him still trying to get his detective job back while he's stuck on roach patrol.

That's what people do when they find a special place that wild and full of life, they trample it to death.

Mickey Cray had been out of work ever since a dead iguana fell from a palm tree and hit him on the head.

My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.

When I was writing Razor Girl, I thought it would be fun to have a redneck TV family that was really just a bunch of actors who had to be trained to be rednecks. That's not so farfetched, if you know how Hollywood works.