It ain't always rocket science, sometimes a door is just a door.

I was all set to blow some crap up.

I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction.

I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian before I sold my first book, and I still volunteer my time to help with animal welfare causes. So that is a career I would be happy to return to - while still secretly writing strange stories back in my doctor's office.

Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark.

Growing up with three brothers and three sisters, I was the storyteller of the family... what my mother called 'The Liar.'

Festina lente. Make haste slowly.