As far as the writing goes, I started telling stories as soon as I could talk, and started writing them down as soon as I could string words together.

I think the diversity of authors and readers is expanding, which is wonderful, because it means the type of story being told is also expanding.

I myself was born in Sacramento, California in 1966.

I did not feel I could create a more beautiful or interesting Mars than Kim Stanley Robinson or Greg Bear had, so I turned my attention elsewhere.

Octavia Butler, of course, is brilliant and disturbing.

I'm told my SF is of the hard variety and my Fantasy is romantic but hopefully all the characters are strong and the plots are lively.

The Lord of the Rings movie set an entirely new standard for fantasy in the movies.