When I'm writing a woman character, I don't think, 'What would a woman do?' I just think, 'What would this character do in this situation?

Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative.

There is a real connection between Philosopy and fiction.

I imagined it. I wrote it. But I guess I never thought I'd see it.

I wanted to be some kind of captain of industry. Then I wanted to be in advertising, and then I wanted to be a newspaper reporter.

My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era.

Knotty theological questions are the least worrying of problems to me. Why? Because they will be resolved in the hereafter, and meanwhile they can be safely shelved.