I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain.

I've seen a lot of people buy my books and then fall asleep on the plane soon afterwards.

My brother married young, and his is the best marriage I know.

I've been very lucky and I have a happy old age with good family and friends still around.

You say to yourself: 'What could people, in all these countries, find in my books?' and yet I think we're all the same, anywhere. Everybody is a hero or a dramatic person in their own story if you just know where to look.

I'm mainly an airport author, and if you're trying to take your mind off the journey, you're not going to read 'King Lear.'

When I was younger, I avoided exercise or anything strenuous. I didn't even enjoy walking. As I got older, I spent so much time marking books or sitting at a desk writing that there was no room for exercise - not that I would have bothered anyway.