It sounds creepy, but I always liked the idea of disappearing then becoming something new. That of course was before I disappeared.

You build a character, a shell, and if you build it right, something comes to live inside it.

It sounds creepy, but I always liked the idea of disappearing then becoming something new. That of course was before I disappeared.

Real myths are often strange and startlingly unfamiliar, and don't always give up their meanings easily; you have to tease them out, and for me, that's one of the pleasures of reading older collections of lore.

I never think about genre when I work. I've written fantasy, science fiction, supernatural fiction, and am now working on a suspense novel. Genres are mostly useful as a marketing tool, and to help booksellers known where to shelve a book.

The irruption of the supernatural into our world is a much more enticing notion to explore than the same thing happening in some past time, or in a wholly imaginary world.

I wanted to have very strong female characters. I just thought it was always the way the world should be.