[Ivy Wilkes] loves [Georgia] O'Keeffe's work, but is not satisfied by just looking at the paintings; she wants the painting to be her own. The plot grew naturally out of Ivy's personality (and flaws).

Yet [Georgia O'Keeffe ] always stayed true to her vision, and was at times uncompromising in following the path she saw for herself.

I tend to only write productively for one to two hours per day, so there is plenty of time left over for me to work a day job!

From beginning to end, the novel [Dissemblers] took about three and a half years to write. I didn't write it chronologically.

I was loosely aware that most of my characters were fundamentally selfish people, but I didn't intentionally make that a theme.

I was only loosely aware of [Georgia] O'Keeffe's work. Primarily, I had seen her famous paintings of skulls with flowers, which are not my favorite. I didn't really become familiar with her work until after I started writing the book, but the more I learned about her the more I admired her.

I've spent many a day worrying that I will never be able to write again!