The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.

I write pretty much anywhere - on planes, in hotel rooms, anywhere in my house.

I spend about eight months researching and outlining my book.

In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict.

I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper.

In general, I think, less is more, and that if a reader stops reading because a book is too icky then I've failed in my obligation to the readers.

Generally my typical books have lots of twists and turns a big surprise ending and then usually another surprise at the end and ideally, as in Garden of Beasts, we get to the very end and we find at the last few pages that there's yet another surprise.