You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair. You never think, until the very last moment, that it still might not be enough.

When you're on book tours, you definitely need chocolate. At all times.

I think one of the appeals of suspense is to safely explore our innermost fears.

My secret vice is Sudoku puzzles. Can't stop playing them. My parents are accountants. I blame them entirely.

You can be the hunter, or you can be the hunted.

What I learned is that it's arrogant to be certain of anything. The world is a complex place and only idiots or assholes think they know it all.

My mother would like me to start all interviews by stating that she and my father are perfectly normal. They are proud of me, and as perplexed as anyone by my novels.