Fiona McCrae is a really amazing editor. Really smart and very astute about what a story needs.

I think a lot, so I don't spend a lot of time actually writing - I do that part very quickly. That helps, for me. To keep track of the characters.

I was interested in writing something that has meaning in the larger context of global conflicts anywhere.

Every new thing is a result of everything you wrote before.

My life is very busy with a lot of things, and so I don't get uninterrupted time. When I do, I can just write all day.

Sri Lanka is a small island, and the war affected everybody. Everybody knew somebody who was killing or being killed.

Fiona McCrae is a really amazing editor. Really smart and very astute about what a story needs.