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.

If you're a smart guy, you should really try to find out what women are thinking. I mean, we are 51 percent of the population.

Ultimately, I'm in control of what's going on in the books, so I can back off, if it's scaring me too much.

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

Alafair Burke understands the criminal mind. Long Gone is both an education and an entertainment of the first order. This is a very clever and very smart novel by a very clever and smart writer. The dialogue crackles, the plot is intriguing, and the pacing is perfect.

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.