Illness and accidents were mysterious manifestations of the war of the spirits, fought on the battleground of the body.

I really fell in love with Africa.

Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the realm of prehistorical speculation rather than simple historical fact to weave my stories around.

The idea led me into the research, which continues to give me more ideas for the story.

I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know.

Art was as much in the activity as in the results. Works of art were not just the finished product, but the thought, the action, the process that created them.

My fiction is reviewed by the mainstream press, by science fiction periodicals, romance magazines, small press publications and various other journals, including some usually devoted to archaeological and other science material.