Instead, I was interested in what I guess I could call narrative indeterminacy, in questioning the apparent, taken-for-granted authority of any particular representation of the events in question.

The actual Blue Rose murders, which lie at the core of the three novels, yield various incorrect solutions which assume the status of truth.

An average working day begins at 8 or 9 am, includes an hour for lunch, and ends at 5 or 6 pm.

What was the worst thing you've ever done? I won't tell you that, but I'll tell you the worst thing that ever happened to me...the most dreadful thing.

I write longer sentences than most of the others, maybe because I probably like Henry James more than they do.

I liked the place I came from. But a lot of what I liked about it was that I had come from there.

I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time.