Even though I may not intend it when I set out to write the book, these places just emerge as major players in what I'm doing, almost as if they are insisting on it.

My father is a practicing criminal law attorney in the Seattle area.

To persevere is always a reflection of the state of one's inner life, one's philosophy and one's perspective

The real question is: How do you react? What do you do next? Evade responsibilities? Bury yourself in work? What do you do? All three of my novels take up that question, although none gives an answer.

accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart.

I was born in Washington State and have lived here for 42 plus years.

It's a brooding melancholy that haunts me.