Detroit, my 'great' subject, made me the person I am, consequently the writer I am - for better or worse.

I have so many favorite writers, it's very hard to select a few... of classic writers, I have always admired Emily Dickinson and Henry David Thoreau.

When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying is there is too much reality in life.

The first sentence cant be written until the final sentence is written.

I see the world in ways that might be considered somewhat harsh and Darwinistic. At the same time mediated, as in Darwin, by a real idealism and an excitement about the possibilities of the intellect and imagination to deal with this somewhat brutal world.

My first love was reading, which inspired me to write.

Yes, I've listened to just a few audiobooks - but hope to listen to more. I've wanted to investigate how my own books sound in this format and find the experience of listening, and not reading, quite fascinating.