I attended the University of Louisville my freshman year, transferred to what was then Western Kentucky State Teachers College for my sophomore and junior years, and then graduated from the University of Louisville in the summer of 1961.

There is, apparently, some law of nature decreeing that all home construction must double in its projected cost and take four times longer than originally anticipated.

Sometimes I wonder what the difference is between being cautious and being dead.

My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series I did a lot of studying before I wrote the first book. I learned police procedure, the California criminal law, and many areas outside my expertise.

Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can.

In my opinion, there's no condition in life that can't be ameliorated by a dose of junk food.

A woman should never, never, never be financially dependent to anyone, especially a man, because the minute you were dependent, you could be abused.