I tend to be a very logical, practical person.

I'm a history person, and I love the groundedness of that, of being able to go, "Yes! People acted like that."

I do think a lot about the past.

I love getting into the basement of a courthouse, and all the dusty records - all that stuff makes me really happy.

I'll tell you what I was most surprised to discover about my writing process, and that is that I never know what I'm doing.

History is absolutely my thing.

I tend to be a very logical, practical person.