Chance wore a white tuxedo with tails. On anyone else? Doopy. On him? Yes, please.

I've been accused of being a minimalist writer. I don't like a lot of verbiage in there.

Tory a father isn’t supposed to fear his fourteen-year-old daughter. That being sad, you terrify me.

As a pirate, she once undressed a fencing instructor using only her sword!

Most Bolton students were scions of the city's wealthiest families. My crewe stuck out like hooker at church. We werent part of their pampered, priveliged world, and many of our classmates were quick to remind us of that fact. Taunting the "boat kids" was practically a varsity sport.

One of the surprising things I hadn't expected when I decided to write crime fiction is how much you are expected to be out in front of the public. Some writers aren't comfortable with that. I don't have a problem with that.

What gives my books authenticity is that I actually do what it is I'm writing about. I think the fact that I am in the autopsy room, I go to the crime scene and I do work in the lab gives my books this flavor that otherwise they wouldn't have.