Garden work clears the mind.

I love it when my books cause controversy, when people argue violently about the ending.

I can write absolutely anywhere. All I need is a laptop.

Garden work clears the mind.

A spider brings good luck before midnight and bad luck after.

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.

For me, the magic of Hawaii comes from the stillness, the sea, the stars.