There are a lot of things in the world that are a lot weirder than psychic abilities, that we accept as true.

I like it when characters are some combination of appealing and maybe flawed or self-interested. I think in terms of scenes, and what I want a scene to achieve, and I think that the psychological realism arises from that.

Well, I think in my first two novels, both the characters are pretty neurotic, which I would say that I am.

I was 16 years old, attending boarding school, and I loved Pride and Prejudice. From the opening pages, I loved it. And I will say in my class, not one but two boys told me that I reminded them of Lizzy Bennet. I didn't realize it at the time but this was the nicest thing that any male would ever say to me. This was as good as it got.

I think I would have liked to have been a twin... Sometimes my sisters and I get mistaken for twins, and I always take it as a compliment.

I think in general, novels by men tend to be taken more seriously than novels by women.

I have this theory that the likeability question comes up so much more with female characters created by female authors than it does with male characters and male authors