I move between San Francisco and Paris... I have a wonderful beach house in California.

The usual way - through a long series of rejections, revising my manuscripts, and kept trying again and again. Finally I was fortunate enough to find a good agent.

There was nothing you couldn't do if you wanted it bad enough, and were willing to work hard enough to get it.

Some things in life are worth waiting for.

Perfume is like a personal signature, which is why I like to mix my own. For years I've paired Femme by Rochas with Shalimar and love the results.

At the moment, I'm enjoying John Grisham quite a bit.

Each book takes anywhere from two to three years to complete, from concept to outline to final edits. I work on as many as five at a time.