Most of my books are about contemporary subjects, and the world changes so fast that I'm lucky when events haven't overtaken the book I'm writing at the moment.

I do write my manuscripts by hand, in pencil on legal pads. Then they are typed on a word processor by my typist.

The world has gotten smaller and more accessible since I first started writing in the 70's.

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

I sometimes use some personality traits to fashion part of a character. Most of my characters are composites of either people I know or people in the public eye.

...the most common cause of death among alpha males was ego.

I have no plans to use the Internet as the main subject of a novel.