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.

If everybody, every day, would try to do one thing that pulls them beyond themselves the world will start being a better place.

I dropped chemistry. I practically blew up the lab in college.

I find it difficult to attend autopsies. Especially the smells.

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.

I refuse to sit on my laurels.

Being gay is just one aspect of my very complicated life. I do not wear it on my sleeve.