And suddenly the world was filled with wooden faces and flat voices - and, you were alone.

In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted.

When I was at college there were two things I vowed I'd never do. One was go to a funeral and the other was deal with computers. And then I ended up being a computer programmer in a morgue.

Grief was like a seizure that shook me like a storm.

My fans want me to talk to them. And even if they want to be critical, I want to hear what they've got to say.

Murder is about power and the more powerful women get the more it will change the good that they do and the bad that they do.

To almost die is to know that one day you will, and to never again feel the same about anything.