Has all the trappings of a mystery novel, doesn't it?

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.

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.

When I was in second grade, my mother moved from Miami to this evangelical conservative environment in western North Carolina, two miles down the road from Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth.

I've always believed human blood is red because it really needs to draw attention to itself.

I refuse to sit on my laurels.

Survival my only hope. Success my only revenge