My heroes and heroines are often unlikely people who are dragged into situations without meaning to become involved, or people with a past that has never quite left them. They are often isolated, introspective people, often confrontational or anarchic in some way, often damaged or secretly unhappy or incomplete.
Joanne HarrisI'm not sure I believe in the whole 'ghost-afterlife' thing, but I think places are marked by people who have been there.
Joanne Harris