People have less privacy and are crammed together in cities, but in the wide open spaces they secretly keep tabs on each other a lot more

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.

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

Sisters in Crime now has more than 4,000 members worldwide.

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

I'm very honoured that there is a loyal following and I hope it continues

Rule number something or other -- never tell anybody anything unless you're going to get something better in return.