I used the pen name because I knew I wanted to write better novels under my own name someday.

You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger.

There are Mafia families that have bought magnificent houses on the North Shore, although not yet the great estates because they don't want that kind of high profile.

A lot of our perception of history is influenced by inaccurate movies.

Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum.

Panic---a deep abiding, free-floating anxiety, often without any reason or logical basis.

Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession.