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'm not somebody who believes in evil.

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

Meg Gardiner is one of my favorite authors. She always delivers a terrific read. Phantom Instinct should go to the top of your 'to-be-read' pile.

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.

Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life.

As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters.