My friends call me Miss Worst Case Scenario.

My friends call me Miss Worst Case Scenario.

I hate the term "mystery". That's not what I write. I think the Scarpetta novels are much more character-driven than an average puzzle solver. Writing should be like a pane of glass - there's another world on the other side and your vision carries you there, but you're not aware of having passed through a barrier to get there.

Even if you are a best-seller you feel insecure because it is all so unpredictable.

I've never taken a scalpel to a dead body.

Thoughts are odd misfires.

I'm always surprised when large numbers of people buy my books.