Stories of a mythical angel paradise called an Angelopolis are like Peter Pan's Never Never Land.

I always knew I wanted to write really imaginative fiction - fiction that was very different from my real life.

I understood that the stories we believe have power over us. They work into our bodies and minds and change us from inside out. What if one day these stories become something stronger, more real, than fairy tales?

People don't actually think there is such a thing out there as angel research.

I think angels definitely offer all the imaginative possibilities that vampires do, and I think they've actually been popular in Western culture for longer than vampires have been. I hope they become a part of the culture again in a new way.

Maybe that is what marriage is: Two people creating a cult together.

These moments were wondrous and divine, instances when the gossamer curtain between heaven and earth ripped and all of humanity witnessed the marvel of the ethereal beings.