I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.

We're called New Jersey but we're actually the suburbs of New York.

Frankly I'm fairly boring or fairly busy. Between writing and family, I have little time for anything else.

You bring your own weather to the picnic.

I still try to make the "next" book my "best" book. I want to grip and move you in unexpected ways.

I am, after all, a thriller writer. I routinely delve into the darkest chambers of the human heart. I've written about murder, kidnapping, depravity, horror, violence, and disfigurement.

Writing a novel in general is like trying to reach a mountain top you'll never quite reach - so you try again and maybe get a little closer.