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.

Humans may be the only creatures on Earth who spend significant time thinking about the fact that someday their lives will end.

Moon is also a naive native girl when she sets out for Carbuncle.

Everything born has to die, in order to make room for the future.

It doesn't matter. I'm not asking forever of you...just let me love you now.

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.