My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.

Coleridge wrote, "Dreams are no shadows, but the very substances and calamities of my life.

My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.

Jamie enjoyed solitude, but loneliness was a constant ache.

Death is the number two fear that people have and public speaking is the first!

I always spend time exploring the customs and attitudes of the countries I'm using for locations, and interviewing the people who live there. I've visited over 90 countries thus far.

Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page.