My father is a practicing criminal law attorney in the Seattle area.
When it comes time to sit down and write the next book, you're deathly afraid that you're not up to the task. That was certainly the case with me after Snow Falling on Cedars.
Cities produce in me melancholy or a tension I don't need.
I'm interested in themes that endure from generation to generation.
Hemingway said the only way to write about a place is to leave it.
What sustains me is to be with my family and to write.