A lot of men just don't read. They don't read fiction at all.

A lot of men just don't read. They don't read fiction at all.

Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or ban books. It's why it was illegal to teach slaves to read. It's why girls in developing countries have acid thrown in their faces when they walk to school.

People just make stupid mistakes. And they keep making them and keep making them, and suddenly they can't dig themselves out.

I'm sold as a literary writer in Holland; I'm sold as crime fiction in England. I think of it as just literature.

I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life.

I've always been drawn to historical fiction.