sexual predators were like cockroaches. For every one you saw, there were twenty more hiding behind the walls.

I think that people do things for a reason - that we have mental illness, that we have genetic wiring that can get triggered by certain environmental factors.

When a woman creates an unlikable character, a lot of people think it's a mistake.

I've always been drawn to historical fiction.

Being a Southerner, Im interested in sex, violence, religion and all the things that make life interesting.

Every successful author I know faced crushing rejection early on, and they got back up and kept going.

First and foremost, I want people to have a good read, because I want everything I write to entertain people. There are always different layers to the story, though, so if you want to think about social justice, or sexism or racism or homophobia, or really drill down into why the world is a better place when the police force looks like the people they are policing, then that's there, too.