Very much in my books people find not surrogate families because they are real families. We've got families that we're related to by blood but we've also got families that we acquire. And those too I think are pretty much part of my books.

Death had ruled my life till I met Lady Dance. Her dance had set me free.

If something is worth doing you may as well go heart and soul and boot leather.

For me books have always been an incredibly solid part of my life, both as escapism and simply as resource.

I don't read like other people do - back and forth, across the page. I tend to scan a page at a time.

Often the true hero and heroines of my books are the houses, the places, the communities where people find a home.

Morning: Slept. Afternoon: Slept. Evening: Ate grass. Night: Ate grass. Decided grass is boring. Scratched. Hard to reach the itchy bits. Slept.