I'm not somebody who believes in evil.

Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.

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've always been drawn to historical fiction.

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.

Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next Gone With the Wind.

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