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.

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

Everyone looked pensive, which is good cover-up for clueless.

I think it's more difficult now to write a spy thriller with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Many authors have tried, but few have succeeded in capturing the interest of readers.

I thought to myself, what is everyone's worst fear? Nuclear terrorism in America.

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

I read 'Time', 'Newsweek' and 'The Economist'.