No, the shark in an updated JAWS could not be the villain; it would have to be written as the victim, for, worldwide, sharks are much more the oppressed than the oppressors.

I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me.

I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal.

I dive as much as I can.

I'm a babe in the woods when it comes to the Internet.

I don't believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything.

Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain