Mental illness is a disease and organic mental illness of young kids is becoming more and more of a disease... we do need to talk about it.

I have a huge author crush on Stephen King. Have never met him. Would probably embarrass myself. But it would be worth it.

I still read romance, and I read suspense. I read them both. And part of it is, I like stories with strong characters, and I like stories where there's closure at the end. And I like stories where there's hope. That's a kind of empowerment. I think romance novels are very empowering, and I think suspense novels are, too.

Who do you love? It's a question anyone should be able to answer. A question that defines a life, creates a future, guides most minutes of one's days. Simple, elegant encompassing. Who do you love?

All I've really ever done is write since I was 17, so I don't know anything about anything. For me to do a novel, I have to talk to people who know things. And what keeps me in suspense is that I am a crime aficionado.

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

Post-apocalyptic novels tell you that in the future there is some great war. I would tell you that most cops say that it's going on right now.