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

Sometimes I think I'm a one-trick pony because I'm not very inventive about new ways of telling stories.

The rich are different than you and me: they have more money and they have more power.

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'm a grandmother, and a mighty proud one.

Sometimes life seems so painful it hurts even to move my arms.

You have to be a ruthless editor of your own prose. Over the years, I've learned that the best way to incorporate research into the narrative is to turn it into action.