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

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

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

I don't understand people who say they're bored. Look out your window.

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.

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'm not somebody who believes in evil.