In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death.

Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never satisfied with our situation; maybe that is what's taken us so far.

I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and had decided that I wanted to write a story with a lot of strong female characters in it.

A clear conscience is generally the result of a faulty memory, not a faulty life.

Myth is, after all, the neverending story.

Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future.

The futures and ultimate fates of the characters in The Snow Queen are profoundly changed by choices made in their own minds or hearts, as well as choices unexpectedly forced on them by things beyond their control.