I think Peter Dickinson is hands down the best stylist as a writer and the most interesting storyteller in my genre.

I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science.

I'm jealous of everyone discovering Lovesey and Diamond for the first time-you have a wonderful backlist to catch up on. Me, all I can do is wait for the next book.

I believe that to create real-seeming characters, the writer must be willing to go on a voyage of self-exploration. It can be revealing and even painful to explore your own weakness, but it gives you genuine emotion. Characters in fiction come alive because of the believability of their emotional lives and that is what I strive to create.

I had wanted to write Ghost Country for a long time, but it wouldn't work.

Live disasters are wonderful attractions when you're safe on the other side of them.

I live and die with the Chicago Cubs