My family lived in Egypt from 1993 to 1996.

I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me!

Wash the bones, bring the body, leave the heart behind.

At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism.

For me it was a lot harder to come to terms with the death of my grandfather than it was to come to terms with what's happened to the former Yugoslavia.

I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.

death should be celebrated...when you put something in the ground you always know where it is