I absolute adore epic journeys that require a protagonist to fight for every victory in the hopes of finding triumph.

I had read a lot of books on World War II, but I didn't know that downed airmen had hiked over the frozen peaks of the Pyrenees Mountains in shoes that didn't fit, in clothes that weren't warm enough, with German and Spanish patrols searching for them.

Trying to justify a world we don't hold all the answers to is what bedevils the best of us. Sometimes it's better just to accept that things are as we see them.

I see the emphasis on a lot of ideas and I know that's directed at me. [Megan Chance] come up with an idea, hone it, and write it. I come up with thirty ideas, flesh each one out, research each one, come up with characters, and then decide I don't like it.

The only truth was whatever you could make someone believe.

In the end, there's only one thing you can believe. Bodies are honest; they don't lie.

Historical tends to be my bailiwick.