I really like science because it seems to be that place where you get the big picture, everything connects.

Out of grad school, I worked as a tech writer for a while before going into computer coding for a living.

I really like science because it seems to be that place where you get the big picture, everything connects.

The loneliness of writing is that you baffle your friends and change the lives of strangers.

We will live with racism for ever. But senses of self, senses of belonging, senses of us and of others? Those are up for grabs.

The oldest principle of composition: repeat everything.

The 'information novel' shouldn't be a curiosity. It should be absolutely mainstream.