Once you have been touched by magic, you are forever changed. You leave a trail.

I was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland and it is still home to me. My writing has taken me all over the world, but this is the place I come back to and the place where I find it easiest to write.

Making sure that the geography and timelines work is always the hardest part of writing. But you owe it to the readers to get it right!

Research is always the best part. As we dug deeper into the history and mythology behind each of the hallows, we discovered more and more stories - some of them deserving of novels in themselves.

Here words can kill - literally.

You don't call retarded people retards. It's bad taste. You call your friends retards when they are acting retarded.

I'm always reading. Here's where an ebook reader really comes into its own. When I travel, it allows me to carry a huge chunk of my library with me. Usually, when I am writing one project, I am researching the next or beginning to pull together the material for the book after that.