Collins masterfully blends fact and fiction...transcends the historical thriller.

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block, the problem is idea block

She was reflecting back on a truth she had learned over the years: that people heard what they wanted to hear, saw what they wanted, believed what they wanted.

But one does not make living writing poetry unless you're a professor, and one frankly doesn't get a lot of girls as a poet.

For me a thriller is a very carefully structured story.

When it comes time to write the book itself I'll shut the lights out, picture the scene I'm about to write then close my eyes and go at it. Yes, I can touch type.

And life changes. Maybe just a little, maybe a lot. And at some point, it just isn't worth the fight to fix it.